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What is the purpose and function of an operating system?
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operating system is a software which act as an interface between user and hardware. Source: CoolInterview.com
Answered by: karthick | Date: 4/7/2009
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Operating system is used for interface between hardware components and software applications Source: CoolInterview.com
Answered by: Gautam Kashyap | Date: 4/24/2009
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purpose is easy to use. and function of an os is resource allocation,CPU scheduling,memory management,file management,Disk scheduling etc. Source: CoolInterview.com
Answered by: shailaja | Date: 4/27/2009
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its main functions are 1.resource manager 2.security 3.access to devices 4. interface between user and hardware 5.error detection and response 6.system access 7.program creation,execution Source: CoolInterview.com
Answered by: sharath chandra | Date: 4/29/2009
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operating system is the software which controls computer hardware and also provides an interface between programmer or user and hardware of the computer. Source: CoolInterview.com
Answered by: k.ramakishore reddy | Date: 5/3/2009
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An operating system acts as an interface between the user and the hardware through which the user can perform different tasks. Most of the OS`s available are GUI(Grapical User Interface). Source: CoolInterview.com
Answered by: Jithender | Date: 5/7/2009
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O.s act as an interface between user and computer .os act as host As a host, one of the purposes of an operating system is to handle the details of the operation of the hardware Source: CoolInterview.com
Answered by: shaik | Date: 5/11/2009
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PURPOSE:An operating system is the framework that allows you to communicate with computer hardware in an interactive way. Without this, you would not be able to tell the computer to do anything and it would have any instructions to follow. This is why it is important for a computer to have an operating system.
FUNCTION:1.Process Management 2.Memory Management 3.Input/Output Management 4.File Management 5.Security Management 6.Deadlock Management Source: CoolInterview.com
Answered by: manojvarma | Date: 5/17/2009
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operating system acts as an interface between user and hardware...the main functions of os are memory management,file system mgmt, i/o management,device management etc Source: CoolInterview.com
Answered by: pooja | Date: 5/26/2009
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operating system is used for communication with user and machine and also to communicate several peripheral devices Source: CoolInterview.com
Answered by: Tauqueer alam | Date: 5/27/2009
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operating system manages and controls all the softwares loaded in the system. And it also controls and coordinates the hardware. Source: CoolInterview.com
Answered by: bhanu prakash | Date: 5/28/2009
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The purpose & function of the operating system is to allow human beings interacting with computer or server in own language to get the work done. Source: CoolInterview.com
Answered by: nilesh | Date: 5/31/2009
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Operating System is a software which is developed to control the overall operations of the computer. This program helps users to interact with the computer. Source: CoolInterview.com
Answered by: Ashley Nihal | Date: 5/31/2009
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Operating system acts as an interface between the computer h/w and users....it provides environment to execute the progrmas....functions are:1)process management 2)storage management:a)file system management and b)mass storage management 3)protection and security management etc. Source: CoolInterview.com
Answered by: Rajni Seth | Date: 6/13/2009
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Operating system controls and coordinates the use of the hardware among the various applications programs for various uses. Operating system acts as resource allocator and manager. Since there are many possibly conflicting requests for resources the operating system must decide which requests are allocated resources to operating the computer system efficiently and fairly. Also operating system is control program which controls the user programs to prevent errors and improper use of the computer. It is especially concerned with the operation and control of I/O devices. Source: CoolInterview.com
Answered by: Thilagavathi | Date: 6/18/2009
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Its a platform for running all our applications. Its the first loaded software program which controls all the hardware in relation with a system Source: CoolInterview.com
Answered by: renjiganesh | Date: 6/27/2009
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Operating System behaves like a connecting body between the User and the hardware briefly Operating system is describe as ;- 1. Governor 2. Resource Allocator, etc
so it easily ,efficiently and effectively perform user's task and reduce some of its overall time consumption. At last, OS simply makes computer user friendly. Source: CoolInterview.com
Answered by: Vishal Gupta | Date: 7/1/2009
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Basically OS is a resource allocator & interface b/w user and hardware like we can take example of our language via which we interact wid others that language is interface b/w us.Os provides only environment practically everything comes from hardware. Source: CoolInterview.com
Answered by: Neeraj Gupta | Date: 7/10/2009
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An operating system an interface between hardware and user; an OS is responsible for the management and coordination of activities and the sharing of the resources of the computer. Functions of os- 1. CPU management 2.Memory Management 3.Device dRIVERS 4.I/O Management Source: CoolInterview.com
Answered by: MEENAL | Date: 7/20/2009
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The purpose of an operating system is to allow an user to utilize various types of software to perform various tasks. Source: CoolInterview.com
Answered by: Nishit Sahoo | Date: 7/23/2009
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os is interface between user & hardware os manages hardware & software . os manages the resoures & control it. os do the acconting. Source: CoolInterview.com
Answered by: rohidas jasud | Date: 7/24/2009
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Operating system is a program that act as an intermediate between user and computer hardware. It is provide an environment to execute the program. Source: CoolInterview.com
Answered by: Sunil Singh | Date: 7/24/2009
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O.S. is the set of programs which are customised for the sophistication of user n it is a platform for other softwares to make system more useful. Source: CoolInterview.com
Answered by: Anuj Chadha | Date: 8/5/2009
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The operating system is the core software component of your computer. It performs many functions and is, in very basic terms, an interface between your computer and the outside world. Source: CoolInterview.com
Answered by: karthikeyan.A | Date: 8/30/2009
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1.) It interact between H/W and S/W. 2.) Memory management. 3.) Process Management. Source: CoolInterview.com
Answered by: Nirmal Mondal | Date: 9/3/2009
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->A program that acts as an intermediary between a user of a computer and the computer hardware. ->Operating system goals: ->Execute user programs and make solving user problems easier. ->Make the computer system convenient to use. ->Use the computer hardware in an efficient manner. Source: CoolInterview.com
Answered by: manish gupta | Date: 9/5/2009
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the purpose and function of an operating system is to make interface between user and hardware Source: CoolInterview.com
Answered by: dibu m baby | Date: 9/7/2009
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The purpose of an operating system is to organize and control hardware and software so that the device it lives in behaves in a flexible but predictable way.
Operating System Functions 1.It manages the hardware and software resources of the system. In a desktop computer, these resources include such things as the processor, memory, disk space and more (On a cell phone, they include the keypad, the screen, the address book, the phone dialer, the battery and the network connection).
2.It provides a stable, consistent way for applications to deal with the hardware without having to know all the details of the hardware. Source: CoolInterview.com
Answered by: riya | Date: 9/9/2009
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it is an interface between hardware and user.os is responsible for all management activities Source: CoolInterview.com
Answered by: bharath | Date: 9/15/2009
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An operating system is the framework that allows you to communicate with computer hardware in an interactive way. Without this, you would not be able to tell the computer to do anything and it would have any instructions to follow. This is why it is important for a computer to have an operating system .In early days without OS so much problems where faced like acessing or getting output it takes two days. To make it much more efficient OS is used.
In the simplest terms, the purpose of an operating system is to allow a user to utilize various types of software to perform various tasks. Source: CoolInterview.com
Answered by: Shyam Shethy | Date: 9/23/2009
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Os is an interface between user and hardware,it is like a connecting body between the to. if a user wants to ineract with the system os is needed Source: CoolInterview.com
Answered by: priya jain | Date: 2/3/2010
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