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Unit-I Operating System Concepts
1. What do you mean by OS (Operating System)? Or What is OS?
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Manage the computer hardware.
Provides simple interface to the hardware for user programs.
Convenience for users.
Efficient operation of the computer system.
2. Explain in detail component of OS.
3. Explain OS from user and system point of
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Hardware: The hardware comes at the lowest Level. It contains various kind of physical devices like
processor, memory, keyboard, mouse, monitor etc.
Operating System: The next level is for the OS. So, provides simple interface between application
programs and hardware. It manages all the connected hardware. It hides complex details of hardware
from the users
Application Programs: Application programs perform particular tasks. They use different kinds of
functionalities provided by OS. Ex. railway reservation system, banking system, web-browser.
User: The users comes at the top level. Users interact with the system by using application programs to
perform particular tasks,
OS: From User View
This is a top-down view.
From user point of view, OS can be considered as an Extended Machine.
OS represents the computer system as a machine which is easier to program rather than connected
hardware.
OS hides all the details of the hardware.
It act as a layer between user and hardware, and provides simple interface between them.
User doesn’t need to concern about the complexities of the hardware,
i] Dept: cE (08(3330701) Prof. Chintan N. Kanani_ Unit-I Operating System Concepts