There are many different Operating Systems (OS), which all function in different ways from one another.
Purposes of Operating Systems (OS)
Operating Systems are known as Graphical User Interface (GUI), which means an interface that enables users interact with programs, rather than typing commands in Command Line Interface (CLI). The purposes of operating systems is to make it easier to access the computers’ resources i.e. accessing disks, folders, files etc, another purpose is that it enables computing applications to run e.g. Mozilla Firefox, MS Office, Adobe Photoshop etc. The operating system also handles the operation of the hardware e.g. in MS Windows XP, when installing new hardware to the computer, the OS automatically searches for a specific driver for the hardware or asks for a CD/DVD that comes with the specific hardware.
Here are some examples of operating systems:
Microsoft Windows XP
URL: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-XP/osoft.com/windows/windows-XP/
Apple Mac OSX
URL: http://www.apple.com/uk/macosx/pple.com/uk/macosx/
Ubuntu (Linux)
URL: www.ubuntu.com/
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