Chapter 9, Problem 28CT

Program Plan Intro

Operating System (OS):

• OS is the term that acts as an interface between the hardware and the user.
• OS does basic operations such as getting input from the keyboard, displaying output in the monitor and monitoring the files.
• OS controls the peripheral devices like printers, hard drives and mouse.
• It is responsible for the management and co-ordination of activities on a computer system.
• It is the most important program that runs on a computer is operating system.
• The responsibilities of OS are bound to get higher when it comes to security, because it provides the access rights for users.

Chrome OS:

• It is Linux kernel based OS which is developed by Google.
• It is taken from Chromium OS which is free software.
• All the tasks are performed by giving command to the OS.
• It provides security to the user.
• It includes efficient integration with different applications of Google.