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What is an Operating System?

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What is an Operating System?

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Making things simpler to understand or use by hiding away the complex details. An operating system does this through an API (Application Program Interface)

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A program that converts program code to machine code. Examples include compilers and interpreters.

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This is the part of the operating system that allows the user and the computer to communicate with each other.

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The OS handles the communication to and from this, often using drivers

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The OS looks after this, protecting data. One way it does this is through usernames and passwords

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This mobile OS is made by Google and its Kernel is based on Linux

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Pieces of software that allow an operating system to communicate with peripheral devices (eg. Printers, mouse, keyboard)

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This is the core part of the operating system, which manages hardware .It is the first part to be loaded into memory

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A small program that often comes with the OS, which usually performs a task to help with the upkeep of the system.

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A series of the most widely used desktop operating systems, made by Microsoft

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The OS manages this, ensuring enough is allocated to each application being used

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This open source, Unix-like operating system was originally made by Linus Torvalds.

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