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What Is Operating System: Hardware and The End-User. Processing of Data, Running

An operating system is the interface between computer hardware and the user that manages processing of data, running applications, file management, and memory allocation. Common operating systems include Windows, MacOS, Android, Linux, and iOS. An application performs specific functions for end users or other applications and can be self-contained or a group of programs. A compiler translates source code into machine code or another language while an interpreter directly executes instructions without prior conversion to object or machine code.

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What Is Operating System: Hardware and The End-User. Processing of Data, Running

An operating system is the interface between computer hardware and the user that manages processing of data, running applications, file management, and memory allocation. Common operating systems include Windows, MacOS, Android, Linux, and iOS. An application performs specific functions for end users or other applications and can be self-contained or a group of programs. A compiler translates source code into machine code or another language while an interpreter directly executes instructions without prior conversion to object or machine code.

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What is operating system

An Operating System is the interface between the computer


hardware and the end-user. Processing of data, running
applications, file management and handling the memory is all
managed by the computer OS. Windows, Mac, Android etc. Are
examples of Operating systems which are generally used nowadays.
 Apple macOS, Microsoft Windows, Google's
Android OS, Linux Operating System, and Apple
iOS

are some example of operating


system.
What is an application
• An application, also referred to as an
application program or application software,
is a computer software package that
performs a specific function directly for an
end user or, in some cases, for another
application. An application can be self-
contained or a group of programs.
What is compiler

A compiler is a special program that translates a


programming language's source code into machine
code, bytecode or another programming language. The
source code is typically written in a high-level, human-
readable language such as Java or C++.
What is interpreter

• An Interpreter directly executes instructions


written in a programming or scripting
language without previously converting them
to an object code or machine code. Examples
of interpreted languages are Perl, Python and
Matlab.

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