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    Mehwashma Amir

    Operating Systems
    Layered View of a Computer
    System

    6/8/2019 3
    Purpose of a Computer System

    • Computer systems consist of


    software and hardware that are
    combined to provide a tool to solve
    specific problems in an efficient
    manner
    • Execute programs

    6/8/2019 4
    What is an Operating
    System?
     A program that acts as an intermediary between a user of a
    computer and the computer hardware—provides the user a
    simpler (virtual) machine to work with
     A program that allocates and deallocates computer system
    resources in an efficient, fair, and secure manner—a
    resource manager

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