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Topic: Explain Different Components of Operating System Q. What is an Operating System? Explain Components of an Operating system. Operating System An operating system is a set of programs that manages all computer components and operations. An operating system works as an interface between the user and the computer hardware. Examples of Operating Systems Some popular operating systems are DOS, windows, Unix, Linux, and OS/2. Without Operating System, a computer cannot do anything. Users interact with the computer through operating system. Operating system acts as an interface between a user and computer hardware. Components of an Operating system An Operating system has many components to manage all resources of a computer system as following: 1.    Process Management CPU can perform one task at one time. If there are many tasks, operating system decides which task should get the CPU first. 2.     Main Memory Management Operating s...