Ordenar Palabras Introduction to Operating SystemsVersión en línea The Role of Operating Systems por Monica Nash 1 What three very different things need to work together for a computer to function? to , human a , application Hardware together software being need work and . , , . 2 Why do computers use operating systems? and other , meaningful , hardware can each people in software with interface So a way , , 3 What do most modern operating systems use so humans can understand computers? computer files where interface , graphical text by and represented on the A are user software pictures and , 4 How do operating systems provide an interface between the computer's hardware and application software? it software from can understand a and in to system takes the The it the operating passes way hardware data on . . 5 Why do operating systems have disk management software devices organized well maintained Disk storage helps management software keep and . . 6 How does the Operating System make sure that each process is sent to the CPU in an orderly way? the clog operating so doesn't it the kill process system resources The can up computer's . . 7 How does the operating system manage applications installed on a system? The delete tools OS has configure , view , and applications to . , , . 8 What are "services" Processes the automatically run in background that . . 9 How are drivers like interpreters? the to Drivers speak language same the help OS and the hardware . . 10 Why do operating systems use antivirus and antimalware software? the prevent computer To accessing malicious from files . . 11 What are the two most common operating systems for mobile devices? Android iOS and 12 What is firmware? an embedded system Firmware operating is . . 13 What types of devices use firmware? smart firmware , called , operating consoles cars , systems have embedded Gaming and televisions . , , , . 14 What does a special type of software called a hypervisor do? can on systems called A to virtualization be hardware the multiple in used operating a process hypervisor same run . .