Question

(iii). Discuss how an operating system protects computer hardware, processor, main memory, and input-output devices of a computer system; and provide appropriate practical examples to illustrate your answer. (iv). Explain practical issues that an operating system may encounter in its attempt to accomplish the protections you discussed in (iii) above.

Answer 1

Answer:

we know that a computer system contains the hardware like processor, monitor, RAM and many more, and one thing that the operating system ensures that these devices can not directly accessible by the user. Basically, hardware protection is divided into 3 categories: CPU protection, Memory Protection, and I/O protection.