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Operating System
How it works?
Process management
Memory management
Device management
System calls
www.wikipedia.org
Process management
The kernel dictates which programs run and when they run
by creating various processes and threads within those
processes.
http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/What-Is-the-Kernel/
Memory Management
http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/What-Is-theKernel/
Device management
http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/What-Is-theKernel/
System calls
www.wikipedia.org
Interface
A user interface is the system by
which people (users) interact with a
machine. The user interface
includes hardware (physical) and
software (logical) components. User
interfaces exist for various systems,
and provide a means of input and
output.
Types of Interface
Command Driven Interface
File System
A file system (often also written as
filesystem) is a method of storing
and organising computer files and
the data they contain to make it
easy to find and access them.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_system
FAT
http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/file/partSizes-c.html
Worth a visit
MS DOS
FAT12
FAT16
Newer versions of DOS can support
FAT32 however legacy DOS can not.
NTFS
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_system
NTFS
NTFS
Windows
Task Management
Task Management
Task Management
Single tasking
As the name implies, this operating
system is designed to manage the
computer so that one user can
effectively do one thing at a time.
The device manager isolates the device drivers from the Kernel of the OS
and the user applications from the systems hardware. It acts as an
interface between the device drivers and both the kernel and user
applications.
Interrupt
An interrupt is a signal that informs the processor that a particular device
wants its attention. The processor responds to the request, saves the
status of the current activity, executes the requested activity and on
completion, retrieves the saved activity and resumes the same. Interrupts
are of two types, Hardware Interrupts and Software Interrupts.
Drivers
Task