If this weeks lesson has taught me anything, I've learned that I will never pursue a career in computer programming. How confusing! When it comes to using the computer, I consider myself fairly adequate. When it comes to understanding
how I'm using it, things start to get a little muddy.
Out of all the things I couldn't quite grasp from this weeks lesson, I chose to dwell on the topic of Operating Systems. I still don't quite understand what it is. The book definition states that an OS
is"the software that controls the computer hardware and establishes standards for developing and executing applications." I understand what it does because I'm told, but the waters begin to get murky when trying to understand the why's and the how's of an OS. Why does it do what it does and, most importantly, how?
As a result, my curiosity led me to do a little research, and I finally found a website that further explained the how of operating systems -- http://www.howstuffworks.com/operating-system.htm. This website goes in further detail and it even has some cool videos and tutorials and interviews with software experts. I know that an operating system is the gateway to hardware and consists of many different parts to efficiently work, but after all this reading and research, I think my understanding of this topic is still stuck in the mud somewhere.
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