1. Operating system organization
In this article, we often use the term "system" instead of "operating system".
Although there is no standard structure that applies to every system, the following main components are generally identified:
core functions include processor allocation, interrupt handling and clock management, process management and I/O supervision, all of which are handled by drivers, specialized software for each class of I/O or communication device;
memory manager is responsible for managing virtual memory (address space specific to a user) and allocating physical memory;
the file management system manages the designation and storage of information in files; it calls on the memory manager and the drivers of the secondary...
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Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~remzi/OSTEP/
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