Chapter 5: Operating System Overview

An interface between a computer user and computer hardware.

Microsoft

Linus Torvalds

<p>September 17, 1991</p> Signup and view all the answers

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<p>Process Management, I/O Device Management, File Management, Network Management, Main Memory Management, Secondary Storage Management, Security Management, Command Interpreter, System Control over system performance, Job Accounting, Error Detection and Correction, Coordination between other software and users</p> Signup and view all the answers

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<p>1985</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Managing and organizing computer resources such as CPU, RAM, and hard disk</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Vulnerability to malware, high hardware requirements, cost, having too many features</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Meeting the relatively high hardware requirements</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Due to vulnerability to virus and malware attacks</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Users need to purchase a license</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Due to too many features</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Efficient speed, disk access, smooth program execution, protected and supervisor mode, supported memory management, regular updates</p> Signup and view all the answers