Saturday, February 15, 2025

What is Operating System?

Operating system is the programming that control the microprocessor for our house computer. However, operating system programming is usually more complex than the programming for a small microcontroller. We call this programming as firmware rather than software.


Examples of operating system are Window operating system and Linux operating system.

Window operating system has a Graphic User Interface which is more easy to use.

Linux operating system mostly has a Command Line Interface which might be more challenging to use for a common user.


Figure 1: Window operating system Graphic User Interface
Figure taken from https://www.computerworld.com/article/1614472/hands-on-with-windows-11-first-impressions.html



Figure 2: Linux operating system command line interface.
Figure taken from https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/linux-operating-system-cli-command-line-interface-and-gui-graphic-user-interface/








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