What is an Operating System
CS 162: Operating Systems and System Programming (Spring 2015, UC Berkeley)
Instructor: Professor John Kubiatowicz.
What is an Operating System?
: Special layer of software that provides application software access to hardware resources
Convenient abstraction of complex hardware devices
Protected access to shared resources
Security and authentication
Communication amongst local entities
OS Basics: "Virtual Machine" Boundary
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