CHAPTER 20Services and Processes: Objective 3.2: Compare and contrast components of an operating system
Operating systems also bear responsibility for executing applications and managing interactions between different pieces of software running on a computer. Each time an application executes, it runs as a process. Some processes are configured as services. These services have special privileges to execute in the background.
In this chapter, you'll learn everything you need to know about the second set of subtopics for ITF+ objective 3.2:
- Services
- Processes
The remainder of objective 3.2 is covered in Chapter 19, “Filesystems,” and Chapter 21, “Drivers, Utilities, and Interfaces.”
APPLICATIONS
You use a wide variety of software applications ...
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