Essay 5
Operating system I’m going to explain the basics off an operating system. This is an interface between a computer user and hardware. It is very important as it works as a middleman making sure both hardware and software correctly.Operating systems provide a software platform on top of which other programs called application programs, can run. The application programs must be written to run on top of a particular operating system. Your choice of operating system, therefore, determines to a great extent the applications you can run. For PCs, the most popular operating systems are DOS, OS/2 and Windows, but others are availbale, such as Linux. First, The basic unit of software that the operating system deals with ...