operating systems

operating systems

1. User interface

   • Lets the user insert the settings that they want.
   • Allows the user to interact with the computer.
     • Two types of interface CLI (command line interface) and GUI (graphical user interface )

2. Security

   • protects you from people accessing your account.
     • Such as your little brother or sister.
   • Stops people from messing up your settings.
     • Such as your little brother or sister.
     • Stops people from finding out private information about you

3. Multi-tasking

   • Running many different programs at the same time.
   • Such as Youtube, Facebook, booking.com.

4. Memory management

   • Keeping track of storage devices.
   • Controlling which application has access to which area of memory.

5. Peripheral managment

   • Software interacts with hardware.
   • Every hardware comes with a software called a device driver

6. file management

   • Allows the user to organise their files.
     • It lets the user have complete control of the files.
   • Allows the user to copy or delete files.