Components of an OS

Operating System - the whole package that manages our computer’s resources and lets us interact with it

• Kernel Space - main core of OS; talks directly to hardware and manages resources
  • file storage and management
  • process management
  • memory usage and management
  • I/O management
• User Space - made up of everything outside Kernel like system programs and user interfaces

Main 3 OS:

• Windows
• Mac
• Linux