Question

Write a short reflection piece (it may consist of three bulleted items, with one explanatory sentence) on three things you learned about computer architecture and/or operating systems.

Answer 1

Answers

• OS(The Operating System) sends interrupts to the processor to stop whatever is being processing at that moment and computer architecture send data bus. This bus sends data between the processor,the memory and the input/output unit.

• The operating system is a low-level software that supports a computer’s basic functions, such as scheduling tasks and controlling peripherals while the computer architecture has the address bus bar. This bus carries signals related to addresses between the processor and the memory.

• The interface between a computer’s hardware and its software is its Architecture while An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources and provides common services for computer programs.

Explanation:

In short explanation,the Computer Architecture specifically deals with whatever that's going on in the hardware part of the computer system while the Operating System is the computer program which has been program to execute at some instances depending on the programming instructions embedded in it. An example is the MS Office.