The OS is responsible for controlling the use of a computer’s resources, such as I/O, main and secondary memory, and processor execution time. However, the control mechanism is not caused by an external source but an internal source. 4.1 Can you explain the computer resources control mechanism of an operating system?

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The OS is responsible for controlling the use of a computer’s resources, such as I/O, main and secondary memory, and processor execution time. However, the control mechanism is not caused by an external source but an internal source.

4.1 Can you explain the computer resources control mechanism of an operating system?

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