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Services of Operating System
Services of Operating System
1)Program Execution
2)I/O Operations
• The communication between the client and devices drivers are overseen by
the operating system.
• I/O devices are required for any running process. In I/O a file or I/O devices
can be involved.
• I/O operations are the peruse or write operations that are done with the
assistance of input-output devices.
o The operating system gives admittance to the program for operating on the
file.
4) Communication
• Both the processes can be on one computer or a different computer, yet are
connected through a computer network.
5) Error handling
An error is one piece of the system that might cause malfunctioning of the
complete system. The operating system constantly monitors the system for
detecting errors to avoid some situations. This gives relives to the client of the
worry of getting an error in the various pieces of the system causing
malfunctioning.
The error can occur anytime and any place. The error might occur anyplace in the
computer system like in CPU, in I/O devices, or the memory equipment. Some
activities are performed by an operating system:
7) Protection