Ordonner les Mots Introduction to Operating SystemsVersion en ligne The Role of Operating Systems par Monica Nash 1 What three very different things need to work together for a computer to function? a , to and , human Hardware work together application software need being . , , . 2 Why do computers use operating systems? people and , So , a with interface in can hardware other meaningful software way each , , 3 What do most modern operating systems use so humans can understand computers? text represented by software , user graphical the and and where computer on pictures interface A are files , 4 How do operating systems provide an interface between the computer's hardware and application software? system in hardware the way it can on a from takes operating to understand The and data software it passes the . . 5 Why do operating systems have disk management software Disk management and organized software helps keep devices storage maintained well . . 6 How does the Operating System make sure that each process is sent to the CPU in an orderly way? The system it clog the can so resources up process doesn't kill operating computer's the . . 7 How does the operating system manage applications installed on a system? applications view to OS has tools , and , The delete configure . , , . 8 What are "services" automatically run background that Processes the in . . 9 How are drivers like interpreters? speak and help language Drivers hardware the to the same OS the . . 10 Why do operating systems use antivirus and antimalware software? computer malicious from prevent the files To accessing . . 11 What are the two most common operating systems for mobile devices? iOS and Android 12 What is firmware? Firmware is an system operating embedded . . 13 What types of devices use firmware? and smart , televisions , consoles have cars , systems Gaming called firmware operating embedded . , , , . 14 What does a special type of software called a hypervisor do? same A on to hypervisor a in process called virtualization can used hardware run systems operating multiple be the . .