Operating System I/O Methods
Superior University,
Department of Science and Technology, Gulberg III Lahore
Web: www.superior.edu.pk
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Mohsin Fazal mohsinfazal@yahoo.com
Muhammad Aslam aslamkmeo@gmail.com
Abstract
I/O is from the most important and major jobs which a computer performs. The I/O has the basic role in the management and controlling of the computer systems operations and in the control of the devices which are attached with it to perform a specific functions.
We discuss the I/O methods and services which an operating system performs to run the applications in the incarnation of I/O interface.
In the last section of the paper we discuss the performance aspects of I/O and the major rules of the operating system design that can make
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