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An operating system (OS) coordinates hardware components, provides an interface between users and hardware, and manages data. Key OS functions include providing an interface (GUI or CLI), coordinating devices through drivers, enabling software execution in a consistent environment, and structuring/monitoring data and system health. Early computers required the CPU to directly handle all input/output (I/O), limiting ability to multitask as CPU was fully occupied with I/O. The concept of compatible "families" of computers from the same manufacturer, as with IBM's System/360, still exists today with processors of varying performance and cost from companies like Intel. A machine with a pipeline that produces one finished instruction every nanosecond will execute 1 billion

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Assignment 1 Os

An operating system (OS) coordinates hardware components, provides an interface between users and hardware, and manages data. Key OS functions include providing an interface (GUI or CLI), coordinating devices through drivers, enabling software execution in a consistent environment, and structuring/monitoring data and system health. Early computers required the CPU to directly handle all input/output (I/O), limiting ability to multitask as CPU was fully occupied with I/O. The concept of compatible "families" of computers from the same manufacturer, as with IBM's System/360, still exists today with processors of varying performance and cost from companies like Intel. A machine with a pipeline that produces one finished instruction every nanosecond will execute 1 billion

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Question NO:1

What are different types of operating systems? In your opinion,


what characteristics a general purpose operating system should
have?

Operating System (OS) is one of the core software programs that runs on the
hardware and makes it usable for the user to interact with the hardware so that
they can send commands (input) and receive results (output). It provides a
consistent environment for other software to execute commands. So we can say
that the OS acts at the center through which the system hardware, other
softwares, and the user communicate. The following figure shows the basic
working of the operating system and how it utilizes different hardware or
resources. Operating system serves many functions but I will discuss about the
major functions which all operating systems have.

Question No 2

Operating system serves many functions but I will discuss about


the major functions which all operating systems have?

Interface between the user and the hardware :

An OS provides an interface between user and machine. This interface can be a


graphical user interface (GUI) in which users click onscreen elements to interact
with the OS or a command-line interface (CLI) in which users type commands at
the command-line interface (CLI) to tell the OS to do things.

Coordinate hardware components :


An OS enables coordination of hardware components. Each hardware device
speaks a different language, but the operating system can talk to them through
the specific translational softwares called device drivers. Every hardware
component has different drivers for Operating systems. These drivers make the
communication successful between the other softwares and the hardware.
Provide environment for software to function:

An OS provides an environment for software applications to function. An


application software is a specific software which is used to perform specific task. In
GUI operating systems such as Windows and macOS, applications run within a
consistent, graphical desktop environment.

Provide structure for data management :

An OS displays structure/directories for data management. We can view file and


folder listings and manipulate on those files and folders like (move, copy, rename,
delete, and many others).

Monitor system health and functionality:

OS monitors the health of our system’s hardware, giving us an idea of how well
(or not) it’s performing. We can see how busy our CPU is, or how quickly our hard
drives retrieve data, or how much data our network card is sending etc. and it also
monitors system

Question NO3

On early computers, every byte of data read and write was


directly handled by the CPU. What implications does this
organization have for multiprogramming?

The prime reason for multiprogramming is to give the CPU something to do


while waiting for I/O to complete. If there is no DMA, the CPU is fully
occupied doing I/O, so there is nothing to be gained (at least in terms of CPU
utilization) by multiprogramming. No matter how much I/O a program does,
the CPU will be 100% busy. This of course assumes the major delay is the wait
while data are copied. A CPU could do other work if the I/O were slow for
other reasons (arriving on a serial line, for instance).

Question NO4

The family of computers idea was introduced in the 1960’s with


the IBM system/360 mainframes. Is this idea now dead or does it
alive on?

it is still alive. For example, Intel makes Pentium I, II, and III, and 4 CPUs with
a variety of different properties including speed and power consumption. All
of these machines are architecturally compatible. They differ only in price and
performance, which is the essence of the family idea.

Question NO6

Every nanoseconds one instruction emerges from the pipeline.


How many instructions the machine will execute in one second?

Every nanosecond one instruction emerges from the pipeline. This means the
machine is executing 1 billion instructions per second. It does not matter at all
how many stages the pipeline has. A 10-stage pipeline with 1 nsec per stage
would also execute 1 billion instructions per second. All that matters is how
often a finished instruction pops out the end of the pipeline.

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