Hello,
I think that this definition requires some work. It does not mention hardware support and access control (including access control to hardware) and those are related to security. The definition "as-is" could be interpreted to include things like task scheduling systems (in CI, job scheduling in scientific systems and the like). It also gives no boundary between the OS and included tools. In the case of a Linux distribution, does it apply to the kernel, or to the whole distribution?
I propose the following:
Software products with digital elements that control the execution of
programs and manage hardware access. They may provide services such as resource allocation,
scheduling, input-output control, and data management, and might run directly on hardware or use a hypervisor.
What do you think?
Marta
