FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

OPERATING SYSTEMS FOR COMPUTERS

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
part of an operating system’s job with peripheral management is providing an area of memory called a ____ This compensates for the speed difference between the CPU and external devices such as printers
A
track
B
buffer
C
steeplejack
D
billboard
E
edam cheese
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The kernel is the central manager of these processes. It knows which hardware resources are available and which processes need them. It then allocates time for each process to use those resources. The kernel is critical to a computer’s operation, and it requires careful protection within the system’s memory.

Detailed explanation-2: -Operating systems are responsible for ‘ peripheral management ‘ this means ….. They communicate and control devices such as mice, keyboards, monitors and printers. This can include sending print jobs to the printer. software programs that allow the operating system and peripheral devices to communicate.

Detailed explanation-3: -The operating system (OS) manages all of the software and hardware on the computer. It performs basic tasks such as file, memory and process management, handling input and output, and controlling peripheral devices such as disk drives and printers.

Detailed explanation-4: -It is the change of ready state to running state of the process. CPU scheduler selects a process among the processes that are ready to execute and allocates CPU to one of them. Short-term schedulers, also known as dispatchers, make the decision of which process to execute next.

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