Operating System - created from Mind Map

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User Interface

Multitasking

Systems software is software that governs the computer system. It:

Examples

GUI

command line interface

done by the operating system

the computer has enough memory to hold more than one program in primary memory at the same time

controls hardware and periphirals

allows the other programs to run

provides an interface to the user

maintains the system

Linux

Windows

Mac OS

Android uses linux kernel (core of operating system that controls everything)

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