ACTIVITY BLOG
Reporter: Marivell Aspera Researcher: Eden Marie Pentojo Encoder: Gilbert Pelagio Operating System An operating system (OS) is a program that acts as an interface between the system hardware and the user. Moreover, it handles all the interactions between the software and the hardware. All the working of a computer system depends on the OS at the base level. Further, it performs all the functions like handling memory, processes, the interaction between hardware and software, etc. Now, let us look at the functions of operating system. Functions of an Operating System Memory Management The operating system manages the Primary Memory or Main Memory. Main memory is made up of a large array of bytes or words where each byte or word is assigned a certain address. Main memory is fast storage, and it can be accessed directly by the CPU. For a program to be executed, it should be first loaded in the main memory. An operating system manages the allocation and deallocation of memory to variou...
