Word Origin & History. limb O.E. lim limb, joint, main branch of a tree, from P.Gmc. *limu- (cf. O.N. limr limb, lim small branch of a tree), a variant of *liÃ¾u- (cf. O.E. liÃ¾, O.Fris. lith, O.N. liÃ°r, Goth. liÃ¾us a limb; with prefix ga-, source of Ger. glied limb, member), from PIE base *lei- to bend, be movable, be nimble.. The parasitic -b began to appear late 1500s for no reason.
Operations management (OM) is the business function responsible for managing the process of creation of goods and services. It involves planning, organizing, coordinating, and controlling all the resources needed to produce a companyâs goods and services.
They also provide backup and recovery routines for starting over in the event of a system failure. Other Functions Of An Operating System:- (1) Services of an O.S.:- Operating system by itself does not perform work i.e. useful to the end user of the computer. It creates the environment in which the application program can function o.s. provided services to users are- 1) Program Execution :- Loading the program into memory , executing & terminating the program.