Question

3. Answer the following questions in brief.
(a) What are the main functions of an operating system?
(b) What are the ways in which the processing capability of a computer can be
increased?



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Answer 1

Explanation:

1) ANSWER:An Operating System (OS) is an interface between a computer user and computer hardware. An operating system is a software which performs all the basic tasks like file management, memory management, process management, handling input and output, and controlling peripheral devices such as disk drives and printers.

2) ANSWER:we can increase the processing capacitor by increasing and adding more RAM memory until the computer is a capacity. I have found that as a machine age you can extend its utility with its Ram upgrade