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Operating systems
2. Parts of an Operating System
An operating system has a number of important roles which are shown in the diagram below.
The operating system has four main parts:
- The KERNEL
- The DEVICE DRIVERS
- The USER INTERFACE
- The SYSTEM UTILITIES
The next few pages describe these sections.
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