Operating System: Presented by
Operating System: Presented by
Presented By:
Sonu
Sihmar
Agenda
What is OS?
Structure Of OS.
Purpose Of OS?
Why we Need Of OS?
What OS does?
Functions Of OS.
Features Of OS.
Types of OS.
Advantages of OS.
Conclusion.
Introduction……
What is an operating system
An operating system is a
program that acts as an
intermediate between the user
and the computer hardware.
1. Hardware:
Hardware consists of CPU, Main memory,
I/O Devices, etc,
(Contd…)
Static view
Structure Of Operating
System (Contd…):
3. System programs:
This layer consists of compilers,
Assemblers, linker etc.
4. Application programs:
This is dependent on users need. Ex.
Railway reservation system, Bank
database management etc.,
Dynamic view
Purpose of Operating System
Resource Management.
Memory Management.
File Management.
Security Management.
Communication Management.
Process management
By process management OS manages many
kinds of activities :-
◦ All process from start to shut down:
◦ Open,
◦ Save,
◦ Copy,
◦ Print,
◦ Send and
◦ Install.
Resource Management
It is a technique of managing Resources.
Renaming files.
Deleting files.
Security Management
By security management OS manages many
tasks such as:-
Alert messages.
Dialogue boxes.
Firewall.
Passwords.
Communication management
User-application-software-hardware.
Command interpretation.
Downloading- uploading.
applications.
It may support multiple
a single-tasking OS
3
Single user/multitasking
A single user-multitasking
operating system is one
that allows a single user
to perform two or more
functions at once.
The most commonly used
personal computers
usually run such Os,
including Microsoft
Windows and Macintosh
operating system.
Multi user/ Multi tasking
Multi-user operating system
which means more than one
user is logged on and can use
the computer at the same time.
Allows multiple users to access