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system software - operating system OCR GCSE

I'm currently learning about operating systems but I'm really not understanding it and I think its because I don't understand what physically an operating system is. I know I sound pretty dumb for asking this question but can anyone help?
I'm sure you've already read a definition in the book, so I won't give you that. An operating system is essentially the software that a computer needs to run. It manages hardware and provides a user interface so that the user can use applications and access hardware. For example, windows is an OS
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thanks for helping :smile:
when you say manage hardware is one way how it manages the CPU by deciding what instructions it executes and in what order?
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thanks for helping :smile:
when you say manage hardware is one way how it manages the CPU by deciding what instructions it executes and in what order?


Yes that would be one

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