TASK OF OPERATING SYSTEM

Operating System:

     OS is system software and manages all computer work, performance and maintained quality of execution. read more about Operating system 

TASK OF OPERATING SYSTEM

task of operating system

                Operating System manages all the computer system works, task and behavior which include the following task.

i)                    Handle the communication between computers components and user.

   Operating system allow software to communicate with hardware, basically operating system is the interface between software and hardware. When we installed and application software and even utility software this software use hardware of computer to run here the operating system play its role OS makes the communication possible between software and hardware  to perform useful task.

    However operating system is the bridge between user and computer use interact with computer through OS. Simply OS make the communication possible between user and computer tasks; therefore the main goal of OS is to make the computer more efficient in manner to use.

ii)                  Handle system performance

   OS responsible to handle the system performance, how long the execution takes place determine OS. Which software is healthy for your system, which can be harmful and can affect the speed of computer system all this task done by operating system.

iii)                Manage system security and file security

    Now a day security is the one the most basic fundamental of any software whatever it belong to system security of file/data security and OS provide the system and file security both. Whenever we use any peripheral device like USB or any other media device window security system raise an alert if any virus found and before the use the device OS recommend to scan first and then use. And if and other hazard/virus that disrupt our file our system defend by itself and removed the hazard and virus to protect our files and folders. It is considered as a great achievement of OS.

iv)                Handle system error and user alert

    OS handle the system and user alert if somehow an unauthorized person want to enter in our system then OS generate a system alert to aware the user about it. And also it produce alert if any of our system failure or file being harm by any application, or any application which isn’t suit to our system in this case OS warn by generating alerts.

v)                  Manage memory system

    We use different types of memory in our computer system volatile, non-volatile and secondary storage all this memory system manage by OS , which file requires how much space and allocation of memory to application in RAM , and determines the necessity for virtual memory is made by OS.

vi)                Manage processor

     In the latest computers came with multi core, it mean we use more multiple processor in our system to make execution fast and faster now who will control and manage this processor, yes the OS manage all of this . OS decide which instruction will execute by which processor and monitoring this entire works.

vii)              Handle the application software and program execution

    The supplication software isn’t directly run on hardware the OS load the application in RAM allocating possible memory and run the application on hardware. Likely we all paly games on computer the procedure of this execution is first OS fetched the application form memory, load in Ram and run according to instruction. Means this phenomenon also handle by Operating System.

viii)            Manage files and folder

    OS provide file management , its mean OS manipulates, store and retrieves files and folder it allow to update , delete or create files and folder after that OS manages its security and ensure that whether it is not effecting by any virus that possible case misbehave of files and folders. 

ix)                Manage peripheral device

    Peripherals device are those device that connect to computer via wire or wireless like mouse/Bluetooth mouse, keyboard, printer, scanner and speaker etc. OS recognized the install peripheral devices and manage them.

x)                  Handle I/O device and operation

    OS allow the computer to communicate with input and output devices to make the operations possible like to take inputs form input devices and to show or print the results to output devices.

xi)                Handle data manipulation, share and movement 

    OS allow user to manipulate the data means user can update, insert and delete the data through GUI where GUI provide by OS. The data movements mean the data from hard disk to other component like RAM, and I/O device and from the I/O device to hard disk the data movement done by OS.

xii)              Job accounting

     Job accounting is the number application uses by user and the number of resources take by that application to load and run all this measurement come on OS head.

xiii)            Manages networking

     Networking the connection of computer to other device the sharing and receiving data, defend PC’s from error through networking also manages by Operating System. 

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