Computer Science Illuminated
Computer Science Illuminated
7th Edition
ISBN: 9781284155617
Author: Nell Dale, John Lewis
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
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Chapter 10, Problem 65E
Program Plan Intro

Operating System (OS):

In a computer, OS is most important program which is main part of the system software and it contains the collection of software that enables the computer hardware to communicate with the software.

  • This helps to control the traffic in the computer and also schedules the processing time and memory for each process.
  • The basic operations such as reading the input through keyboard, displaying the output in monitor are managed by the OS.
  • The devices such as printers, hard drives and mouse are controlled by the OS.

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