operating systems
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- command driver interface
- user has to learn all commands and enter them at the keyboa rd. good for experienced users
- manage input output devices
- manages the sending of data to an output device
- driver
- a piece of softare that tells the computer how to use the peripheral
- operating system
- a suite of programs that controls the hardware and software running on the computer
- provide user interface
- the operating system will find a way of communicating with the computer
- utility program
- small programs that run along side the OS that perform the routine activities
- memory management
- puting data into RAM while it is being used
- WIMP
- window icon menu pointer
- GUI
- graphical user interface
- file management
- the creation, deletion and the changing of files
- error reporting
- reports errors that occur