Networking

Current operating systems generally support a variety of networking protocols. Most are capable of using the TCP/IP networking protocols. This means that computers running dissimilar operating systems can participate in a common network for sharing resources such as computing, files, printers, and scanners using either wired or wireless connections.


Many operating systems also support one or more vendor-specific legacy networking protocols as well, for example, SNA on IBM systems, DECnet on systems from Digital Equipment Corporation, and Microsoft-specific protocols on Windows. Specific protocols for specific tasks may also be supported such as NFS for file access.

Please follow these links for details on other tasks performed by Operating System:
Memory Management
Process Management
Disk and File Management
Networking
Security
Graphical User Interface
Device Driver Management