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Question: What are the basic functions of an operating system?

Answer: Operating system controls and coordinates the use of the hardware among the various applications programs for various uses. Operating system acts as resource allocator and manager. Since there are many possibly conflicting requests for resources the operating system must decide which requests are allocated resources to operating the computer system efficiently and fairly. Also operating system is control program which controls the user programs to prevent errors and improper use of the computer. It is especially concerned with the operation and control of I/O devices.

March 03, 2006 01:28:47	#3
C.A.MURALI MOHAN	Member Since: Visitor Total Comments: N/A
RE: What are the basic functions of an operating ...ty
answer:-it is the mediator between h/w and s/w. it will work as command interpreter,memory manager,process manager. command interpreter:-whenever we will type some data it will take from the keyboard and it convert to the language which computer can understand.and again it will display the result in which language user can understand. memory manager:-it will allocate memory for a particular process. process manager:-it will allocate time for a particular process.

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