How an operating system handles programs directly affects your productivity

Single user and multiuserSingle,tasking and multitasking,Foreground and background,Preemptive multitasking,Multiprocessing.Memory managementoptimizes the use o f RAM,Virtual memoryis a portion of a storage medium functioning as additional RAM,Windows ReadyBoostcan allocate up to 4 GB of removable flash memory devices as additional memory cache.Operating systems typically provide a means to establish Internet connections,A performance monitoris a program that assesses and reports information about various computer resources and devices