Notes: Jan 5th - ShaeWhite94/ITC-134 GitHub Wiki

6 Main Components to OS

  1. FileSystem - mapped to storage (harddrive, CD-Rom, USB, Cloud storage). Windows - C:\users\me. OSX,IOS, Android, Linux: /home/me

2)Processes - interfaces with CPU and Kernel.

  1. Permission (users, process) - where you can or cannot read and write data.

  2. Network - enables internet, talk to other devices. NIC, Bluetooth, Wireless.

  3. Resources (CPU, mem, Disk) - RAM (Random Access Memory), FileSystem: disk, CPU: Processor/motherboard.

6)Abstractions - way of running other OS within current OS. Containers, Zones, Java, Virtual Machines, Hypervisor.