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Operating systems

2. Parts of an Operating System

An operating system has a number of important roles which are shown in the diagram below.

parts of an operating system

The operating system has four main parts:

  • The KERNEL
  • The DEVICE DRIVERS
  • The USER INTERFACE
  • The SYSTEM UTILITIES

The next few pages describe these sections.

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