Operating System

Operating System

1. its a peice of software running directly on hardware

2. File management

   • OS helps files by
     • organising to folders
     • Moving files between folders
     • Allows them to be renamed and named
     • Lets files be deleted

3. Process management

   • Allows scheduling to happen - multitasking
   • Each process is allocated CPU time, allowing the CPU to rapidly switch between different processes

4. Peripheral Management

   • OS uses device drivers to communicate to different peripharels
     • This is a device that maps the OS commands to the device commands

5. User management

   • The OS authenticates permissions users by checking username, password...
   • It provides a user interface to allow the computer to be operated in a way that is easy to work with