OS Features
Understand the essential features of operating systems that manage hardware and software resources, enable multitasking, and control data access in multi-user setups. Learn how modern OSs support application launching, user interaction through graphical interfaces, and resource allocation to run multiple programs efficiently.
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OS tasks
The OS manages hardware and software resources. Also, it organizes the joint work of running programs. The OS performs several non-trivial tasks to launch an application. Then, the OS tracks its work. If the application violates some agreements, like memory usage, the OS terminates it. It also launches and executes programs, which we will later consider in detail.