MindTap Computing, 1 term (6 months) Printed Access Card for Vermaat/Sebok/Freund/Campbell Frydenberg's Discovering Computers 2018 (MindTap Course List)
MindTap Computing, 1 term (6 months) Printed Access Card for Vermaat/Sebok/Freund/Campbell Frydenberg's Discovering Computers 2018 (MindTap Course List)
18th Edition
ISBN: 9781337285193
Author: Vermaat, Misty E.; Sebok, Susan L.; Freund, Steven M.; Campbell, Jennifer T.; Frydenberg, Mark
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Program Plan Intro

Operating System (OS):

  • Operating System is a collection of software that enables the computer resources to have communication with computer system.
  • OS is used to control traffic in a computer, it schedules time for processing and allocates memory for each process.
  • It acts as an interface between user and computer.
  • OS does basic operations such as getting input from the keyboard, displaying output in the monitor and monitoring the files.

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MindTap Computing, 1 term (6 months) Printed Access Card for Vermaat/Sebok/Freund/Campbell Frydenberg's Discovering Computers 2018 (MindTap Course List)

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