Experiment #02 Operating System Services &Interface

Learning Objectives:
To describe the services of operating system which providing to users,to processes, and to other
systems.
To observe the various types of an operating system’sstructuring.

Introduction:
Currently all common operating systems are also graphical user interfaces (GUIs) which means
they use graphics to help the user to easily input instructions, and open other programs.

Experiment:

a. User interface
Identify the differencesbetween Command-Line Interface (CLI) and Graphics User
Interface (GUI).
1. Command-Line Interface
Open Command Prompt (CMD.EXE) in windows PC
type in the name of the drive followed by the colon (:) symbol. In this case,
Drive D :>D:
Create a directory or folder. folder named as “EXAMPLE”
:>mkdirEXAMPLE
 Go to the newly created folder using CMD by typing the command.
:>CD EXAMPLE
Create a new file named as “EXtext.txt” in this folder
:> NUL> EXtext.txt
Rename the“EXtext.txt”file as“Welcome.txt”.
:>rename EXtext.txtWelcome.txt
Reboot a computer from command line using the in-built shutdown command
:>shutdown /r

2. Continue above steps by using graphical interface

3. Write the differences between Command-Line Interface (CLI) and Graphics User
Interface (GUI).

b. Program execution
Open the windows task manager and click “show Processes from all users” button.
Identify the all users presently executing in process.
Select theone of execution file user as system and check the propertiesof its.

c. I/O operations System

BIOS (Basic Input/output System). These are the fundamental routines that control
thekeyboard, video display and other peripherals. The BIOS is comprised of a ROM on
thecomputer's main circuit board and the file IBMBIO.COM (or IO.SYS), one of the two
hidden files on your disk.
Follow this steps to check BIOS details in your PC
press Windows Key + R, type cmd into the Run dialog, and press Enter.
Run the following command: “wmic bios get smbiosbiosversion”
You’ll see the version of the BIOS or UEFI firmware in your current PC.

d. Communications

Processes may exchange information on the same computer or between computers over a
network

 Write down three communication methods and discuss why suitable that method to
communication.
e. System Calls

System calls can be grouped roughly into five major categories, follow up below functions and
write down method and output of each process.

 functions of process control:

Create process, End process, abort process, load process, execute process, and terminate process...
Follow up above functions to controlprocess and write downcontrolling method.

 Functions of File management:

create file, delete file, open & close file, read & write, get and set file attributes…...

 Functions of Device Management:

request device, release device, read, write, get device attributes, set device attributes, logically
attach or detach devices.

 Functions of information Maintenance:

get time/ date, set time/ date, get system data, set system data, get and set process…...

 Functions of Communications:
create, delete communication connection, send, receive messages, transfer status information,
attach and detach remote devices…...