ERROR HANDLING;error can occur anytime and anywhere either in cpu in i/o devices or in the memory hardware.
Major activities of operating systems with respect to error handing.
• Operating systems constantly checks for possible errors.
• The operating systems take an appropriate action to ensure correct and consistent computing.
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;incase of multi-user or mulititasking environment resources such as main memory ,cpu cycles and file storage are to be allocated to each user or job.
Major activities of operating systems with respect to resource management.
• Operating systems manages all kinds of resources using scheduling algorithm.
• Cpu scheduling algorithms are used for better utilization of cpu.
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