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Operating

Systems
What is OS?
 Operating System is a software, which makes a
computer to actually work.

 It is the software the enables all the programs we use.

 The OS organizes and controls the hardware.

 OS acts as an interface between the application


programs and the machine hardware.

 Examples: Windows, Linux, Unix and Mac OS, etc.,


What OS does?

An operating system performs basic


tasks such as,

controlling and allocating memory,


prioritizing system requests,
controlling input and output
devices,
facilitating networking and
managing file systems.
Structure of Operating System:

Application Programs

System Programs

Software (Operating System)

HARDWARE

(Contd…)
 The structure of OS consists of 4
layers:
1. Hardware
Hardware consists of CPU,
Main memory, I/O Devices,
etc,

2. Software (Operating
System)
Software includes process
management routines,
memory management
routines, I/O control routines,
file management routines.
3. System programs
This layer consists of compilers,
Assemblers, linker etc.

4. Application programs
This is dependent on users need.
Ex. Railway reservation system,
Bank database management etc.,
Operating Systems
functions:
 The main functions of operating systems
are:

1. Program creation
2. Program execution
3. Input/Output operations
4. Error detection
5. Resource allocation
6. Accounting
7. protection
Types of OS:

Operating System can also be classified


as,-

 Single User Systems

 Multi User Systems


Single User Systems:

 Provides a platform for only one user at a time.

 They are popularly associated with Desk Top


operating system which run on standalone
systems where no user accounts are required.
 Example: DOS
Multi-User Systems:

 Provides regulated access for a number of


users by maintaining a database of known
users.

 Refers to computer systems that support


two or more simultaneous users.

 Another term for multi-user is time sharing.

 Ex: All mainframes and are multi-user


systems.
 Example: Unix

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