Give a brief overview of how a computer's operating system works (OS)
Give a brief overview of how a computer's
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Operating system:
A group of programmes known as an operating system (OS) control physical hardware and provide standard functions to software programs. It serves as a link between hardware and software by offering a platform for managing and executing programmes. Operating systems are essential to computers because they offer fundamental features like resources planning, control systems, memory management, and input/output (I/O) activities. Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android are just a few instances of well-known operating systems.
Real-time and non-real-time operating systems are indeed the two primary categories. Non-real-time operating systems were optimised for more general-purpose computer tasks, while real-time operating systems are built to respond to events and actions inside a defined, brief timescale.
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