Operating Systems

Operating Systems

1. Drivers

   • Store instructions for certain peripherals

2. Peripherals Management

   • Allows peripherals to be disabled and updated
   • In Windows you would use Windows Device Management

3. User Interface

   • Command Line Interface (CLI)
     • Text Based
     • DOS, Raspbian
   • Graphical User Interface (GUI)
     • WIMP
       • Windows
       • Icons
       • Menus
       • Pointers
     • More visual than a CLI
       • Windows 7, 8, 10
       • MacOS
       • Linux

4. Multitasking

   • Allow multiple applications to run at once
   • Allocates CPU and Memory to applications

5. Memory Management

   • Allocates memory between open applications

6. File Management

   • Identifies where files are stored long term
   • Done by the Kernel