OPERATING SYSTEMS FOR COMPUTERS
COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS
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Application Management
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Disk Management
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Service Management
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Device Management
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Detailed explanation-1: -Disk Management A role of the operating system that helps keep storage devices well organized and maintained.
Detailed explanation-2: -An OS manages device communication via their respective drivers. It performs the following activities for device management. Keeps tracks of all devices connected to system. designates a program responsible for every device known as the Input/Output controller.
Detailed explanation-3: -The operating system creates a file structure on the hard disk drive to allow data to be stored. A file is a block of related data that is given a single name and treated as a single unit. Program and data files are grouped together in a directory. The files and directories are organized for easy retrieval and use.
Detailed explanation-4: -The OS provides the common access routines to the secondary disk storage devices. It will keep track of data and program file names, physical locations and perform common functions such as the copying, erasing or backing up of data.