Componentsofanoperatingsystem操作系统的组成部分.docxVIP

1 .Components of an operating system 1操作系统的组成部分 I ? The Shell of an Operating System I 0操作系统的外壳 In order to perform the actions requested by the computer^ users, an operating system must be able to communicate with those users? The portionof an operating system that handles this communication is often called the shell? Modern shells perform this task by means of a graphical user interface (GUI) in which objects to be manipulated, such as files and programs, are represe nted pictorially on the monitor scree n as icons. These systems allow users to issue commandsto the operating system by point