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1.2.1 Systems Software and the Operating System
(a) The need for, function and purpose of operating systems.(b) Memory Management (paging, segmentation and virtual memory). (c) Interrupts, the role of interrupts and Interrupt Service Routines (ISR), role within the Fetch-Decode-Execute Cycle. (d) Scheduling: round robin, first come first served, multi-level feedback queues, shortest job first and shortest remaining time. (e) Distributed, embedded, multi-tasking, multi-user and Real Time operating systems. (f) BIOS. (g) Device drivers. (h) Virtual machines, any instance where software is used to take on the function of a machine, including executing intermediate code or running an operating system within another.Page updated
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