operating system
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English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒpəˌɹeɪtɪŋ ˌsɪstəm/
- (General American) enPR: ŏp′ə-rāt'ĭng sĭs'təm, IPA(key): /ˈɑpəˌɹeɪtɪŋ ˌsɪstəm/
Audio (US): (file) - Hyphenation: o‧pe‧ra‧ting sys‧tem
Noun
operating system (plural operating systems)
- (computing, software) Software for controlling the allocation and use of various hardware resources (memory, CPU time, disk space, input and output devices) to tasks and remote terminals.
- This operating system enjoys little market share but the software is open source and free, and it performs as just as well as the leading competitor's.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- asynchronous operating system
- atomic operating system
- back-end operating system
- cloud-based operating system
- database operating system
- disk operating system
- distributed database operating system
- distributed operating system
- embedded operating system
- front-end operating system
- fuzzy operating system
- guest operating system
- in-memory operating system
- library operating system
- logical operating system
- logic operating system
- middleware operating system
- mobile operating system
- network operating system
- safety-critical operating system
- security-evaluated operating system
- security-focused operating system
- synchronous operating system
- templated operating system
- trusted operating system
- Web operating system
Translations
software which controls the computer
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References
List of operating systems on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - operating system on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
