An operating system also provides a platform for other programs, like, DOS Word, Office for Windows, etc., to operate. A few of the common operating systems are defined below. This is now the most popular operating system for most personal computers. The internal work area of the computer is considered the computer's memory. The larger a computer's memory is, the more powerful it can become.
Many people mistakenly refer to disk space as memory.
All the information in a computer's memory is in binary. In binary, Mary's age of four is 0000000000000100, but if Mary were 8000 years old her age would be 0001111101000000. A byte is the smallest unit of memory measure. It is made up of eight bits. Information always comes in a size measured in bytes.