Types of Software — Question 1

The four tasks that are carried out by an operating system are:

1. Processor Management — The management of CPU by the operating system is known as processor management.
2. Memory Management — The operating system allocates memory to a program for execution and de-allocates it when the program finishes executing.
3. File System Management — The Operating System organizes and manages data on storage devices, creating, reading, writing, and deleting files, and handling directories and permissions.
4. Device Management — The operating system keeps track of all the devices, enables and controls the input-output (I/O) devices attached to a computer system.