Operating System - created from Mind Map

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Multitasking

The User Interface

Memory management

Drivers

Peripherals management

File management

This enables the computer to do several things at one time, therefore making it a better experience for the user.

Command Line interface: Text based e.g. DOS, Raspbian.

Graphical User Interface: Contains windows, Icons, Menus, Pointers e.g. Windows 10, Android, Mac OS

The operating System allocates memory between the different programs that are open at the same time.

Users don't need to worry about where the memory data is being held, the OS does this

This is a piece of software used to manage a piece of hardware

You can get drivers for graphics cards, mice, sound cards and many more bits of hardware