The Operating System: A beginners guide

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This is a pretty basic question that we may always wonder about: "What is an operating system?" and "How does it work?" So in this article, we'll be covering the basics and functionalities of an OS. Let's get started

What is an operating system?

An operating system is the most important software that runs on a computer. It manages the computer's memory and processes, as well as all of its software and hardware. It also allows you to communicate with the computer without knowing how to speak the computer's language.

Without an operating system, a computer is useless!

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The operating system's job

Your computer's operating system (OS) manages all of the software and hardware on the computer. Most of the time, there are several different computer programs running at the same time, and they all need to access your computer's central processing unit (CPU), memory, and storage. The operating system coordinates all of this to make sure each program gets what it needs.

So, in simple words, operating system's job is to ensure that all hardware and software on your computer are communicating and are working correctly, pretty important right?

Types of operating systems

Operating systems usually come pre-loaded on any computer you buy. Most people use the operating system that comes with their computer, but it's possible to upgrade or even change operating systems. The three most common operating systems for personal computers are Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.

Below are the screenshots of how each of them looks like:

Microsoft Windows

Microsoft windows is the most used operating system developed and released by Microsoft. The latest OS is knows as Windows 10.

Read more about it here

Mac OS X

macOS (originally named Mac OS X until 2012, then rebranded to OS X until 2016) is the current series of Unix-based graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Apple Inc. designed to run on Apple's Macintosh computers, having been preinstalled on all Macs since 2002.

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Linux

Linux is a Unix-like and mostly POSIX-compliant computer operating system (OS) assembled under the model of free and open-source software development and distribution.

Read more about it here

So these were a few examples of an operating system which are popular, there are mobile operating systems as well but we shall be covering Microsoft Windows, from basics to everything you need to know about it.

So some of you must be thinking that what happens if we do not have any operating system in our machine? This sometimes could be horrifying but we shall be talking about "Why an operating system is necessary for you to communicate with your machine in upcoming articles.

We will be covering every basic in articles like these and we start from easy and it gets complicated with each article. That's all for today folks, hope to see you back, till then goodbye and have a great time ahead!

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