Features of OS
Various tasks are carried out by an operating system. Let’s research them. These are a few of the OS’s features:
1. Memory Control
It is the control of the primary or main memory. Furthermore, the main memory must contain the program that is being run. Consequently, more than one program may be active at once. Consequently, managing memory is necessary. operating system memory is allocated and released.
keeps track of who uses which area of primary memory and how often.enables memory distribution while multiprocessing.
2. Management and Scheduling of Processors
When a system has multiple processes running, the OS determines how and when each process will use the CPU. So, CPU Scheduling is another name for it.
3. File Management
The files on a system are stored in different directories. The OS:
- Keeps records of the status and locations of files.
- Responsible for the Allocation and deallocation of resources.
Commonly Used Operating System
There are various types of Operating Systems used throughout the world and this depends mainly on the type of operations performed. These Operating Systems are manufactured by large multinational companies like Microsoft, Apple, etc. Let’s look at the few most commonly used OS in the real world:
- Windows
- UNIX
- LINUX
- BOSS
- SOLARIS