Computer Fundamentals Quiz

The two primary objectives of an operating system are making a computer system convenient to use and managing the resources of a computer system.

The logical architecture of a computer system consists of users, other system software and application programs, the operating system, and computer hardware. The operating system layer hides the details of the hardware from the programmer and provides a convenient interface for using the system.

An operating system is defined as an integrated set of programs that controls the resources (the CPU, memory, I/O devices, etc.) of a computer system and provides its users with an interface or virtual machine that is more convenient to use than the bare machine.

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