An Operating System or OS is a software program that enables the computer hardware to communicate and operate with the computer software. Without an Operating System, a computer would be useless.
Features Expected of an Operating System
- To Startup and Shutdown the computer.
- To act as an interface between the user and the hardware.
- To perform house keeping tasks such as file handling, disk/ memory management.
- To be able to allow the user to configure the system. This includes changing the types of printers, adding new hardware (such as sound cards), etc.
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