Operating System Design Inflences

HOW OPERATING SYSTEM DESIGN INFLUENCES THE DESIGN OF APPLICATIONS AND HOW APPLICATIONS CAN ALSO AFFECT THE DESIGN OF OPERATING SYSTEM

Brief Introduction

First of all operating systems was designed to help applications interact with the computer hardware. While this is still the case, the influence of the operating system on design of applications has grown to the point where the operating system defines the machine. Most users engaged in the Mac PC UNIX battle are arguing about the operating systems on these machines, not the hardware platform itself. The operating system provides a layer of abstraction between the user and the bare machine.

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