what is operating system. what is feature of operating system?
164 Views|Posted 2008-08-01 22:00:26
Asked by Prabhat Kumar Patel
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Answered by
2008-08-02 22:21:48
The most important program that runs on a computer. Operating systems perform basic tasks, such as recognizing input from the keyboard, sending output to the display screen, keeping track of files and directories on the disk, and controlling peripheral devices such as disk drives and printers. For l

Answered by
2009-08-30 12:39:27
Operating System is software unit that performs the system management tasks like
Input output,file,disk management etc.

Answered by
2009-03-17 13:13:58
Opeating System is System software which controls, coordinates the functionality of the system.
It is a interface between hardware and application softwares.
Types of O.S. are:
DOS (Disk Opeating System)
Windows 3.1, 95, 98, 2000, XP, Vista, Sever.
Unix, Linux, Zenix etc.,

Answered by
2008-12-03 13:06:25
Hi Prabhat, As per ur question OS is a system s/w which gives ur applications the platfom to get executed. For eg : Windows XP ,Windows Vista , Linux These OS enables Application S/w the platform to work. (Vivek Gahlaut)

Answered by
2008-08-11 20:25:43
operating system perform basic operations of the computer.

Answered by
2008-08-02 18:50:44
Hi prabhat,
For using a system(for example,Computer) we need two types of softwares.
1.System software.
2.Application software.(like MS Word,MS Excel etc.)
System software is a software without which the system cant be runned.Application software runs in the system software. Operating system(OS)is
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