Computer science fundamentals · Lesson 42 of 60 · Concept lesson · Optional
Operating system fundamentals
The operating system shares the computer between programs and manages memory, files and devices.
A process is a running program with its own memory, and a thread is a path of work inside a process that shares its memory.
A program asks the operating system to do things, such as read a file, through system calls.
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