Operating System

Presented by
Faisal Ahammed
ID:412171010
Department of CSE

Presented to
Dr. M. Ismail Jabiullah
Professor and Head
Department of CSE
Hamdard University Bangladesh

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 Topics
Introduction
Main function of operating system
Functional levels of operating system
Characteristics of operating system
Classification of operating system
Some operating systems for microcomputers
Device Management Processed by Operating System
Conclusion

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 Introduction
 An operating system is an organized collection of programs that
acts as an interface between machine hardware and users
providing users with a set of facilities and maintains of
programs and at the same time controlling the allocation of
resources to cause efficient operation.
Input and Output CPU
devices

Operating system

Programs Files and Directories

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 Tasks of Operating System
 Processing commands: Operating system interprets instructions or
commands entered through the input media such as keyboard.

 Multitasking: Operating system allows to do multitask, that is, to perform

multi tasks, at the same time with different programs.

 Multithreading: Most applications process data and commands

sequentially, that is, when one task is finished they being another.

 Multi-user support: Some operating systems are designed so that many

users can be connected to the operating system at the same time.

 Multiprocessor support: Some applications need huge processing power. In

multiprocessing environment any one can do any types of jobs.
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 Functional Levels of Operating System

Applications programs

Assemblers Interpreters

Operating System

Hardware

Assemblers Interpreters

Man/machine interface

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 Characteristics of Operating System
 There are a variety of characteristics in operating system.
 the main characteristics of an operating system are the following:

 Character-based or graphical or graphical user interface (GUI)

 Single tasking or multitasking
 Single threading or multithreading
 Weak or strong
 8-, 16-, 32- and 64- bit processed at a time
 Portable or non portable

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 Classification of Operating System

In general operating system can be classified as follows:

 Batch processing operating system

 Multitasking operating system
 Multiprogramming or concurrent programming operating system
 Multi processing system
 Time shared multiprogramming operating system
 Real time operating system, and
 Network operating system

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 Some Operating System for PCs
Operating Description Image
System

Microsoft Disk Operating System. The most widely

MS-DOS used operating system on IBM compatible computers.

Macintos Operating system. Icon oriented

MOS
operating System used on microcomputers.

OS/2 Operating System/2 operating system designed

OS/2
for use on higher-end IBM compatible microcomputers.

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 MS
Operating
System Description Image

Personal Computer Disk Operating System. The

operating system mostly used in IBM
PC-DOS microcomputers.

A multi-user, multitasking, operating system used on

UNIX small computers popular on RISC-based
microcomputers.

A multitasking operating environment with a

graphical user interface used on IBM-compatible
Windows microcomputers.

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 Conclusion
 Operating system is a system software installed on a
computer system that performs several key tasks, such as
process management, device management, etc . An operating
system also secures the computer system from various
threats such as virus and unauthorized access.

 There are different types of operating system such as multi-

user, batch processing and embedded.

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 References

Books
Computer Fundamentals by Dr.M.Ismail Jabiullah. Page(247, 249,
251)
Computer Fundamentals by PK.Sinha. Page(271)
Fundamentals of Computer by BALAGURUSAMY. Page(238)

Websites
www.google.com/photogallery

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 THANKS

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