Article | REF: H1510 V2

Operating systems: principles and functions

Author: Sacha KRAKOWIAK

Publication date: August 10, 2015, Review date: August 24, 2021

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1. Operating system organization

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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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