Why do we need it?
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A computer can do many things. It moves electricity around to make things happen. It does what it’s told to do,
The computer can take instructions from many sources, but what you want the computer to do helps determine where you want the instructions to come from.
An operating system takes responsibility for interfacing with the hardware of the computer so that applications don’t have to.
Applications are built for an operating system in order to take advantage of the simplification provided by letting the OS do what it does. It’s more scalable. Many applications can be built for the same hardware.
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