What is Operating System (OS) ? – A Brief Introduction

What is Operating System (OS) ?

An Operating system is a important software that runs on a computer and manages the computer’s memory and processes, as well as all of its software and hardware and provides a suitable and safe environment for running programs in computer’s. It is also allow to communicate with the computer without knowing that how to speak computer’s language. Without an operating system(OS), a computer is useless.

The operating system’s job

Your computer’s operating system (OS) controls all of the installed software and hardware on the computer. Mostly time, there are different types of computer programs running at the same time, and all computer programs need to access computer’s central processing unit (CPU), memory, and storage. The operating system correlative all of this to make sure each program gets what it needs.

Types of operating systems

Microsoft Windows – Windows operating system is devloped by Microsoft in the mid-1980s. There are many different versions of Windows, but most recent ones is MS Windows 10 (released in 2015), MS Windows 8 (2012), MS Windows 7 (2009), and MS Windows Vista (2007). 

  • Developed by: Microsoft Corporation
  • Initial release date: 20 November 1985
  • OS family: Windows NT
  • Written in: C++, Assembly language, JavaScript, Visual Basic, C

mac operating system(OS) – Mac operating system(OS) is a computer operating system for Apple systems MacIntosh line of personal computers. A popular feature of latest versionm Mac OS X  is that desktop interface with some 3-D appearance characteristics. OS X has a modular design intended to make it easy to add new features to the operating system. It runs UNIX applications as well as older Mac applications.

Linux operating system(os) Linux is an operating system, like Windows OS, iOS, and Mac OS. Linux is one of the most popular operating system on the planet and Android is also powered by Linux OS(operating system). An operating system is software that manages all hardware resources associated with desktop or laptop. In simple words, the OS(operating system) manages communication between software and hardware.

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