Operating System

Operating System

1. FUNCTION

   • Its main task is to manage the computer's tasks and resources, coordinate the hardware, and organize the files and directories on the computer's storage devices.

2. DEFINITION

   • An operating system is a set of programs that allows us to manage the memory, disk, information storage media and the different peripherals or resources of our computer, such as the keyboard, the mouse, the printer, the network card, among others.

3. ADVANTAGES

   • The second and greatest advantage is that there is freedom of knowledge and cooperative work between users, thus achieving more innovative software. The third advantage is that it allows for quick bug fixes as the source code is freely accessible.

4. DISADVANTAGES

   • The cost is very high. New versions require a lot of resources. Most viruses are made for Windows. You may have compatibility errors on newer systems. Historically it is the most unstable of the 3.

5. HISTORY

   • The concept of Operating System arises in the 50's. The first Operating System in history was created in 1956 for an IBM 704 computer, and basically the only thing it did was start the execution of a program when the previous one finished.