The most fundamental system program is the operating system, whose job is to control all the computer's resources and provide a base upon which the application program can be written.
Operating system acts as an intermediary between a user of a computer and the computer hardware. A computer system can be divided roughly into four components: the hardware, the operating system, the application program, and the users.
In this “Introduction to Operating System – Operating System” you will learn about the following topics:
- Introduction of Operating System
- History of Operating System
- The 1940's - First Generation, The 1950's - Second Generation, The 1960's - Third Generation, The 1970’s-Fourth Generation
- Objectives of Operating System
- Operating System as an Extended Machine or Virtual
- Operating System as a Resource Manager
- Types of Operating Systems
- Serial Processing
- Batch Processing
- Multitasking or Time-Sharing System
- Multiprocessing
- Multi-Programming
- Distributed System
- Distributed Operating System
- Real-Time Operating System
- Functions of Operating System
- Memory Management
- Processor Management
- Device Management
- File Management
- Other Important Activities
- Different Views of Operating System
- User View, System View
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