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State and explain the two main parts of operating system.

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Shell: it is the outer part of the OS used to provide the interaction between the application software
and the user.

Kernel: the core of OS regarded as the operation system. It’s responsible for providing interaction between the application software and hardware resources such as processor, main memory, storage devices, input devices, output devices and communication devices.

Kavungya answered the question on July 23, 2021 at 06:09

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