5. Other Tasks
Operating systems are very complicated pieces of software that have many other duties as well such as:
- Handling files
- Security such as handling user names and passwords
- Allocating resources on networks such as disk space
- Scheduling CPU processing cycles for all the tasks it needs to run
- Moving data to and from the hard disk
- Deal with errors which occur while users are working
- Manage the installation of new applications and the de-installation of unwanted applications
- Providing services such as print spooling
Challenge see if you can find out one extra fact on this topic that we haven't already told you
Click on this link: Operating System Tasks