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Operating systems
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Operating systems
File Management
- Creates a file system to organise files and directories
- Heirachy
- Creates a file system to organise files and directories
Hardware management
- Manages peripherals - opens, closes and writes to peripheral devices such as storage attached to the computer
- Drivers - Software that is used by the OS to control the device
- Manages memory - transfers programs in and out of memory. allocates free space between programs and keeps track of memory usage
- Manages peripherals - opens, closes and writes to peripheral devices such as storage attached to the computer
User Management
- User Interface
- Command Line
- GUI (Graphical User Interface)
- Touch sensitive
- Menu
- Provides security through user accounts and passwords
- User Interface
Process management
- Manages the CPU- runs applications and executes and cancels processes
- Multi-tasks - allows multiple applications to run at the same time
Utilities software
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- Year 10 Computing Mind Map on Operating systems, created by T W on 17/01/2018.
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