Systems Software J277 GCSE Computing

What is an operation system? (Tick 2)

• An OS controls the general operation of a computer,

• Only controls how input devices work.

• provides an easy way for us to interact with computers and run applications.

• A bespoke software for editing documents

There are a few common operating systems available: Tick the correct ones.

• Mac OS X

• Linux

• Android

• iOS

• FreeOS

The OS provides a user ........ so it is easy to interact with the computer

.......? allows multiple applications to run at the same time through the OS?

transfers programs into and out of memory, allocates free space between programs, and keeps track of memory usage

• OS Manages Memory

• OS Manages Peripherals

• OS Manages I O Devices

Opens, closes and writes to peripheral devices such as storage attached to the computer?

• OS Manages Memory

• OS Manages Peripherals

• OS Manages I O Devices

The OS creates a file system to ........ files and directories

The OS provides ........ through user accounts and passwords

The OS provides ..... tools for managing and organising hardware?

The OS on most computers and smartphones provides an environment with tiles, icons and/or menus. This is called a...

• Graphical user interface (GUI)

• Command line interface (CLI)

• Graphical unit interface (GUI)

• Command long interface (CLI)