OS System Services
- Operating System System Services are the functions and compatibility
provided by an OS to manage computer hardware components
efficiently.
- Major Services:
- UI (User Interface): Almost all OS’s have UI’s to
allow for the user to actually see something.
- Examples:
- GUI like windows
- CLI (command line interface)
- Batch
- Program Execution: A system needs to be able to
load a program into memory and actually run it as well as end its
execution and
- I/O operations: A program might require I/O,
whether its a file or device.