An NOS provides system control and management functions to network clients and resources and provide administration, security, resources, and other services to network clients. An OS has five primary functions: user/computer communications, memory management; control and coordinate hardware; internal and network file management; and user, data, application, and resource security. There are four categories of system resources; IRQs, I/O addresses, memory addresses, and direct memory access (DMA) addresses.
The file management functions of an OS include creating new files, providing for file modification, performing file removal, organizing files for accessibility, and facilitating access for multiple users. The security of an OS requires patch and update management, antivirus and malware updates, the examination of all traffic by a security appliance, and the regular...
