Summary


1-What is Operating System and its Types: An operating system is a software which acts as an interface between the end user and computer hardware. Different types of Operating System in computer and other devices are: Batch Operating System, Multitasking/Time Sharing OS, Multiprocessing OS, Real Time OS, Distributed OS, Network OS & Mobile OS
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2-PC Operating Systems were first developed in the late 1950s to manage tape storage
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3-Explain the working of Operating System: OS works as an intermediate between the user and computer. It helps the user to communicate with the computer without knowing how to speak the computer's language.
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4-The kernel is the central component of a computer operating systems. The only job performed by the kernel is to the manage the communication between the software and the hardware
5-Two most popular kernels are Monolithic and MicroKernels
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6-Process, Device, File, I/O, Secondary-Storage, Memory management are various functions of an Operating System


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