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Services Provided by the OS
nFacilities for Program creation
ueditors,
compilers, linkers, and debuggers
nProgram execution
uloading
in memory, I/O and file initialization
nAccess to I/O and files
udeals
with the specifics of I/O and file formats
nSystem access
uProtection
in access to resources and data
uResolves
conflicts for resource contention