TYPES OF OS
OS FUNCTIONS
GOALS OF AN OS
OS EXAMPLES
Interface & User Interaction
100

This OS type is used in smartphones and tablets.

What is a Mobile OS?

100

This function organizes and stores files on a drive.

What is File Management?

100

This goal makes it easier for people to use the computer.

What is User Convenience?

100

This is the most common desktop OS created by Microsoft.

What is Windows?

100

GUI stands for this.

What is Graphical User Interface?

200

This OS type allows more than one person to use the system at the same time.

What is a Multi-user OS?

200

This function ensures the CPU executes multiple processes efficiently

What is Process Management?

200

This goal helps the computer run fast and efficiently.

What is Performance or Efficiency?

200

This mobile OS is developed by Apple Inc.

What is iOS?

200

A screen that lets you click icons instead of typing commands.

What is a GUI?

300

This type of OS uses only text commands.

What is a CLI (Command-Line Interface) OS?

300

This manages the input and output devices like printers and monitors.

What is Device Management?

300

This goal prevents others from accessing your files without permission.

What is Security?

300

This open-source OS is popular among developers and servers.

What is Linux?

300

A black screen where users type commands.

What is a Command Line Interface (CLI)?

400

This OS is designed to manage a computer network.

What is a Network OS or Server OS?

400

This function allows the OS to protect files and data from unauthorized access.

What is Security?

400

This goal allows the same OS to run on different hardware.

What is Portability?

400

This operating system is used in iMacs and MacBooks.

What is macOS?

400

A tool on the desktop to access files and folders.

What is a File Explorer or File Manager?

500

This type of OS allows a user to run more than one application at a time.

What is a Multi-tasking OS?

500

This keeps track of RAM usage and allocates memory to programs.

What is Memory Management?

500

This OS goal ensures all tasks and devices are running in harmony.

What is Resource Management?

500

This OS runs primarily in Chromebooks.

What is Chrome OS?

500

A part of the OS that loads into RAM during startup.

What is the Kernel?