Roles Of Operating System

1.Convenient I/O Management:- I/O unit consists of mechanical components and electronic
components. Operating system must have routines to access, manage and handle these I/O devices.

2.Process Management:- A program in execution is called process. It is one of the important duties of
operating system to run and execute the program.

3. Multi-access System:- Allowing several users to use the computer simultaneously is called multi-
access system. This gives the facility to programmers that the some CPU can be used by more than one
user at the same time. The operating system processes the job one by one according to the priority. 4.
Memory Management:- Memory means primary memory. Memory is an important resource that must be
carefully managed. The way through which memory will be allocated organized and reallocated from each
process is called memory management. It is the responsibility of operating system to load programs in
memory successfully.

5. Storage Management:- In storage management we deals with secondary storage i-e Hard disk etc. An
operating system is said to be more efficient one if it uses computer storage resources more efficiently
and provide speedy processing.

6.File management:-
File management is most important issue because the date is the most important resource from the user
point of view. The modules of operating system are responsible for efficient management of life.

7. Communication Management:-
Communication means method of Transmission of data when data is send from one to another.
Operating system is responsible for Protocol Management, Administration Management and User
Management.

8. Network Management:-
Network is the environment in which two or more computers are connected to each other with
communication media. The typical functions of operating system in network management are to
guarantee successful transmission of data.

9. Security:-
Defense of the system against internal and external attacks Huge range, including denial- of- service,
worms, viruses, identity theft, theft of service