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What are the basic functions of an operating system?
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.


  
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July 07, 2005 00:47:02   #1  
Jagdesh        

RE: What are the basic functions of an operating system?
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September 06, 2005 01:19:25   #2  
prathushareddy        

RE: What are the basic functions of an operating system?
OS is an interface between user and computer. It is a manager of all resources and memory allocation.
 
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March 08, 2006 01:28:47   #3  
C.A.MURALI MOHAN        

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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September 22, 2006 09:07:32   #4  
Anil        

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This answer is very good , it helps me to update my knowledge

Thanks


 
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February 28, 2007 20:19:58   #5  
S.Visalakshi        

RE: What are the basic functions of an operating syste...
1) Interface between your computer and the outside world

2) System tools (programs) used to monitor computer performance, debug problems, or  maintain parts of the system.

3) A set of libraries or functions which programs may use to perform specific tasks especially relating to interfacing with computer system components.

 
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March 19, 2007 22:56:00   #6  
Irfan Shaikh from solapur        

RE: What are the basic functions of an operating syste...

OS is the interface betn h/w and s/w. The core of os is kernel it is not hardware not software ..it is firm ware..

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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March 28, 2007 08:40:47   #7  
Gyani        

RE: What are the basic functions of an operating syste...
OS is basically interrupt-routine handler!
 
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June 24, 2007 05:03:44   #8  
Raghavan        

RE: What are the basic functions of an operating syste...
in more detail we can say operating system do:

scheduling
memory managing including swapping
interrupt handling
interface between user application and hardware
error handling

 

 
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May 01, 2008 05:49:45   #9  
uday25kv Member Since: May 2008   Contribution: 2    

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

It is the platform on which all the applicatins run OR use hardware resources

 
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