Operating System Tutorial

What is an Operating System?

An operating system (OS) is a collection of software which can manage computer hardware resources and offers general services for computer programs. The operating system is the main component of the system software in a computer system.

Audience

This tutorial will help you in understanding the different concepts of Operating System. This tutorial is helpful for computer science graduates which help them in understanding the basic and advanced concepts of Operating System.

Prerequisites

Before starting with this tutorial, readers should be aware of the basic computer concepts like what is keyboard, mouse, monitor, input, output, primary memory and secondary memory etc. If you are not aware of these concepts, then you can go through our short tutorial on Computer Fundamentals to get awareness.