Operating system (1)

It is a program that acts as an intermediary between a user of a computer and the computer hardware

What are computer system components?

Provides basic computing resources

Controls and coordinates use of hardware among various applications and users

Define the ways in which the systems resources are used to solve the computing problems of the users

Operating systems can be views as:

_ acts as a manager of resources

What does the operation system do?

Resources managed by operating systems are CPU, main memory and I/O devices. It functions as the ___

Computer hardware basic components: