Operating System

Operating System

1. controls the backing store and peripheralssuch as scanners and printers

2. deals with the transfer of programs in and out of memory

3. organises the use of memory between programs

4. organises processing time between programs and users

5. maintains security and access rights of users

6. deals with errors and user instructions

7. allows the user to save files to a backing store

8. provides the interface between the user and the computer - for example,Windows Vista and Apple OSX. For more information, see the User InterfacesRevision Bite.

9. issues simple error messages