OPERATING SYSTEM

Submitted By: VIKAS PRATAP TIWARI

(Batch No: N-HCE-900)

(Roll No: 0003)

Submitted To: SHAKTI SINGH HADDA

BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF OS

Operating System is defined as an interface

between the user and the computer hardware and

which provides a platform on which other software

application can run.

Client OS Network OS

1. Windows 95 1. Server 2000

2. Windows 98 2. Server 2003

3. DOS 3. Server 2008

4. Windows XP 4. Sever 2012

5. Windows 7 5. Linux

6. Vista 6. Unix

7. Windows 8 7. Netware

An operating system is responsible for performing wide wide variety of tasks. Some of most important tasks are:-

1. User Interface

2. File Management

3. DEVICE Management

4. Memory Management

5. Process Management

6. Networking

7. Security

1. User Interface :- OS acts as a mediator between hardware & user. It

also interacts with the hardware on behalf of user.

2. File Management :- A file is a collection of information stored on a disk.

OS is responsible to retrieve the content of the file or to remove the file from the

storage media, when the user gives the necessary commands.

3. Device Management :- OS is responsible for managing various input &

output devices attached to the computer ; it controls the working of hard disk,

displaying output on monitor, or communicating with peripherals like printers.

4. Memory Management :- OS helps in managing the memory i.e. whether

memory is free or which memory can be allocated or deallocated to a

resource(like printer or software application )

5. Process Management :- Every program(service or application) running

on a computer is a process and OS determines how to allocate the CPU to any

given process, this is called process managing.

6. Networking :- OS helps in interconnection between IP(Internet Protocol) &

computer.

7. Security :- OS provides some or other form of security levels like firmware,

password protection.

Windows XP is a client operating system and is

developed by Microsoft Corporation on 24 August

2001 for use on personal computers.

Processor Minimum Recommended

1. CPU 233 mHz 300 mHz

2. RAM 64 MB 128 MB

3. HARD DISK 1.5 GB 2.5 GB

(free space) (free space)

EDITIONS AVAILABLE OF WINDOWS XP