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>> Hello there and welcome back to
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our next lesson, operating systems.
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We spoke a little bit about operating
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systems in our last lesson,
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but we'll dig a little bit more into
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what they are and what they do for computer systems.
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We'll talk a little bit about
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the integrity issues and one of the roles that they
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play in this particular area. Let's begin.
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Basically operating systems;
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so they contain two programs,
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interfaces between the users,
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processes, and applications.
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They are the front of house
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for the computer system basically.
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They basically provide the primary means of
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managing and sharing computer resources.
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The operating system controls how much there is space,
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how much RAM, and
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all the other processing power
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that comes with a computer.
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Now, modern operating systems also even capable of
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supporting and enhancing hardware and architecture.
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Things for example such as
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virtual memory or handling
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of multi-core processing, for example.
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Now one of the key roles of
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the operating system is the integrity,
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and so the maintenance of the integrity.
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What the operating system will do is basically
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protect the system from
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deliberate or accidental modification.
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There are controls within the various levels
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of the operating system to help along with this.
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Ensure that privilege programs cannot be
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interfered with by user programs.
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There's a hierarchy of security
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within the operating system to ensure that
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the most sensitive privileged areas can
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actually work with the front-end user programs,
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and that also brings us into process isolation.
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The operating system ensures that a single process can't
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be interfered with or interfere with another process.
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It also handles the activity logging and reporting,
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so knowing exactly what the operating system is doing.
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That's basically our lesson,
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so we've just talked a little bit
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about operating systems,
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and the integrity issues,
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and the controls that are in place around those.
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I hope you enjoyed
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this short lesson and I will see you at the next one.
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