In simplest terms, an operating system is a collection of programs that manage
the internal workings of a computer system. Operating systems are designed to
make the best use of the computer’s various resources and ensure that the
maximum amount of work is processed as efficiently as possible. Although an
operating system cannot increase the speed of a computer, it can maximize its
use, thereby making the computer seem faster by allowing it to do more work in a
given period of time.
A computer’s
architecture consists of the functions the computer system
provides ...
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