Operating Systems Architecture Flashcards

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What is the main focus of designing architecture for Operating Systems?

A

Multitasking.

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What’s the main difference between today’s operating systems and those of the past?

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The software of old had to handle the entirety of the work, whereas now, we expect the operating system to handle isolation between processes, system abstraction, and resource management.

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