Operating System Concepts

Operating System Concepts

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Computers

12th Grade

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Stuart Brown

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1.

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Bootstrap

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A small program that is used to load other programs to ‘start up’ a computer.

2.

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Scheduling

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Process manager which handles the removal of running programs from the CPU and the selection of new processes.

3.

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Direct memory access (DMA) controller

Back

Device that allows certain hardware to access RAM independently of the CPU.

4.

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Kernel

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The core of an OS with control over process management, memory management, interrupt handling, device management and I/O operations.

5.

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Multitasking

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Function allowing a computer to process more than one task/process at a time.

6.

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Process

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A program that has started to be executed.

7.

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Preemptive

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Type of scheduling in which a process switches from running state to steady state or from waiting state to steady state.

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