OS-1. What is an Operating System?

Hey there! I am starting a series of OS blogs wherein I will be covering everything about Operating
Systems related to academics and interviews. The blogs will be shorter and will provide you a summary of the topic so that you find it easy to grasp each and every concept and information. Basically, I would be treating these blogs as my own notes to refer to later on.

Note: All the information provided here and in the following blogs is completely my way of understanding things and I have collected them from various sources including books, websites, etc.

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What is an Operating System?

An Operating System:-

manages computer hardware
facilitates execution of application programs
acts as an intermediary between the user and computer hardware
designed to be convenient and efficient
is concerned with the allocation of resources and services, like memory, processors, devices, and information.

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