OS AND GUI ROLE AND

FUNCTIONS
And GUI role and Functions
Divyansh baid 8th B
 HARDWARE

The equipment associated with a computer system is called hardware

It is the physical and tangible materials that can be seen and touched
For examples – Keyboard and mouse
 SOFTWARE
Computes software is the general term used to describe computer program that
perform some task on a computer system
APPLICATION SOFTWARE
IT is a set of a program developed to carry out operation for a
specific purpose

For examples – bank management software

 GENERAL PURPOSE
APPLICATION SOFTWARE
It is a software that can perform many different related tasks
 SYSTEM SOFTWARE TYPES OF SYSTEM SOFTWARE

IT IS A COLLECTION OF  OPRATNG SYSTEM

PROGRAMS RELATED TO  LANGUAGE PROCESSOR
COORDINATING  DEVICE DRIVER
COMPUTER OPERATION
 UTILITIES
 OPERATING SYSTEM
It is also called as OS
It is a system software that manages all the action that takes
place in computer
WHEN IS OS L OADED INTO A
C OMPUTER MEMORY

The steps are as follow

-when switch on the computer

-the BIOS {BASIC INPUT OUTPUT SYSTEM} program present

on the ROM
 Ones the checking is done , the BIOS loads in operating
system into the RAM of the computer
- The computer now hands over the control from the BIOS to
the operating system
SOME POPULAR OS ARE

MS Windows, UNIX, LINUX, Mac Os etc

NEED OF AN OPERATING
SYSTEM
It is a software that manages everything that’s happen in the
computre and insert the hardware on what to do

It is used to control the hardware and software resources of

the computer
 FEATURES AND
FUNCTION OF AN OS
There are 7 function of os
 Providing user interface
 -memory management
 Process management
 Disk storage management
 Computer security
 Error management
 Device management
 -
TYPES OF OPERATING
SYSTEM
THERE ARE 7 TYPES OF OPERATING SYSTEM
-single user
-Multiple user
-Multi processor
-Multi tasking
-multi threading
-real time operating system
-distributed operating system
 GUI
Advantages of GUI over CUI

-It is easier to enter  There are fewer changes of

command do not have to user making errors

learn or typed  In GUI both mouse and

keyboard is used
-Icons need to be clicked
 It can perform multiple task
and options to be chosen
simultaneously at a time
 ADVANTAGES OF CUI

 Users need to remember all the  In CUI only keyboard is

commands and need to type used
correctly
 Only one task can be
 There are no icons or menus
performed at a time
that can be clicked
 There are higher chances of user
to make errors while typing
commands
Dis advantages of GUI over CUI

-User does not directly -Experience programmers find GUI

communicate with the computer. It slower than CUI

communicates through icons, -Large hard disk space is required to

menus etc. store data

 Need to by a good monitor

 More RAM is required to store
graphical elements
Thank you