CHAPTER 21Drivers, Utilities, and Interfaces: Objective 3.2: Compare and contrast components of an operating system
The operating system requires some internal components to help administrators manage the way it works and ensure compatibility with different hardware and applications. Drivers, utilities, and interfaces play an important role in the world of IT.
In this chapter, you'll learn everything you need to know about the third set of subtopics for ITF+ objective 3.2:
- Drivers
- Utilities
- Interfaces
The remainder of objective 3.2 is covered in Chapter 19, “Filesystems,” and Chapter 20, “Services and Processes.”
DRIVERS
Drivers are software components that tell the operating system how to interact with a particular piece of hardware. ...
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