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Operating Systems Guide

 , December 04, 2019
An operating system is software that makes hardware usable. On its own, computing hardware only executes low level instructions that are far detached from the uses of computers. An operating system provides a platform for building systems and applications. They also provide a basic user interface and tools that allow users to use hardware. Operating systems are the foundation of computing as almost all information technologies are built on top of an operating system. As such, they are relevant to end users, software development, networking and information security. The following are some key concepts related to operating systems.
Address Space
Binary
Byte Addressing
Caching
Character Set
Command Prompt
Compression
Cryptography
Encryption
Everything Is A File
Files
Firmware
Hexadecimal
Host
Information Security
Job Processing
Machine Code
Null
Page Fault
Random Number Generator
System on a Chip
User Interface Design
Virtual Machine
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