We know that an operating system is a resource allocator and it manages all the resources which are associated with the system.Let us see how operating system design is related to basic elements of a computer systemRegistersRegisters are available in the processor. These registers are used for storage and data ... Read More

A CPU register is a small and temporary storage containing a set of data holding places that are part of the computer processor. A register holds an instruction, a storage address, or any kind of data.Before trying to understand some special purpose registers, let us try to understand the difference ... Read More

User registers can read or write by machine instructions. The user registers are divided into data registers and address registers.Data registersThese registers hold the numeric data values like integers and, in some architectures, hold floating-point values, characters, small bit arrays and other data. In low end CPUs, a special data ... Read More

Control register is called a processor register that changes or controls the general behaviour of a CPU or other services in the system.The common tasks performed by control registers are interrupt control, switching the addressing mode, paging control, and coprocessor control.Types of CPU Control RegisterThe different types of CPU control ... Read More

General purpose registers are additional registers that are present in CPU which is used for either memory address or data whenever needed. For example, storing current register content when there is an interruption.8086 processorLet us consider an 8086 processor. There are eight general purpose register in 8086 microprocessor which are ... Read More

I/O Structure consists of Programmed I/O, Interrupt driven I/O, DMS, CPU, Memory, External devices, these are all connected with the help of Peripheral I/O Buses and General I/O Buses.Different types of I/O Present inside the system are shown below −Programmed I/OIn the programmed I/O when we write the input then ... Read More

Let us learn about machine virtualization.Machine VirtualizationThe diagram given below shows the machine virtualization −Operating system virtualizationThe diagram given below shows the operating system virtualization −DifferencesThe major differences between Machine virtualization and operating system virtualization are as follows −Machine virtualizationOperating system virtualizationIt refers to the creation of a virtual machine ... Read More

Let us understand what multiprogramming is.MultiprogrammingIt is the ability of an operating system which executes more than one program on a single processor machine. More than one task or program can store or reside into the main memory at one point of time.In this concept the CPU executes some part ... Read More

In embedded system, real time means the following −The system responds to an event or request within timing constraints.System must use a real time operating system, that system can interrupt a running task.The system must be predictable. The system guarantees that important tasks get run in fixed time constraints.Real time ... Read More

An Embedded OS is a resource-efficient and reliable Operating System designed for embedded computer systems. Each of the Embedded OS is expected or designed specially to perform a specific task. It is limited to the given hardware or the particular device.CharacteristicsThe characteristics of the embedded operating systems are as follows ... Read More