INTRODUCTION TO GROUP
RAJPAR 001
Operating System
Obejctives
Operating system.
Functions and components of OS.
Types of OS.
Process and a program.
What is an Operating System (OS)
An operating system (OS)
is a collection of software
that manages computer
hardware resources and
provides common
services for computer
programs. The operating
system is a vital
component of the system
software in a computer
system. Application
programs usually require
an operating system to
function.
Functions of OS
Providing a user interface
Running applications
Support for built in utility
programs.
Control to the computer
hardware
Components of OS
Process Management
Memory management
I/O Device
management
Network management
Network services
User Interface
Types of OS
Single user, Single
Task
Single user, Multi-
tasking
Multi user, Multi-
tasking.
Operating System
interface
Command line interface
Graphical user interface
Single User Multi-tasking
Single User Multi-tasking
Single user multi-tasking os allows user to perform one or
more than one task at same time
Commonly os are
MS windows
Apples macintosh
Single user Multi tasking
Example
Microsoft Windows:
Windows is a series of operating systems
developed by Microsoft. Each version of Windows
includes a graphical user interface, with a
desktop that allows users to view files and folders
in windows. For the past two decades, Windows
has been the most widely used operating system
for personal computers PCs.
Macintosh
MacOS X:
OS X is version 10 of the Apple Macintosh
operating system. OS X was described by
Apple as its first “complete revision” of the
OS since the previous version is OS 9, with
a focus on modularity so that future
changes would be easier to incorporate.
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Single user Single tasking
This type of operating system only has to
deal with one person at a time, running one
user application at a time.\
An example of a this kind of operating
system would be found on a mobile phone.
There can only be one user using the mobile
and that person is only using one of its
applications at a time.
Features of Operating System
Reliable.
Operational at all times.
Should coordinate and have good control of
input and output operations and the devices
on which they are performed.
Examples of computing devices
which use OS
Computers
Mobile phones
3d televisions
Video game
ATM
Advantages of OS
Easy to use
User friendly
Intermediate between all hardware's and
software's of the system
No need to know any technical languages
Its the platform of all programs
Disadvantages
If any problems affected in OS, you may
lose all the contents which have been
stored already
Unwanted user can use your own system
