operating system

Noun

Meaning

(computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

os program executive software MS-DOS shareware computer program system software DOS user interface spreadsheet freeware groupware application software productivity software

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Hypernyms

package software software package computer software software system software program

Hyponyms

unix Windows DOS unix operating system disk operating system unix system

Examples

The best way to prepare to be a programmer is to write programs, and to study great programs that other people have written. In my case, I went to the garbage cans at the Computer Science Center and fished out listings of their operating system. Bill Gates

No one cares what operating system you run as long as it stays up. Bruce Perens

By the time Apple's Macintosh operating system finally falls into the public domain, there will be no machine that could possibly run it. The term of copyright for software is effectively unlimited. Lawrence Lessig

I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. Linus Torvalds

I started Linux as a desktop operating system. And it's the only area where Linux hasn't completely taken over. That just annoys the hell out of me. Linus Torvalds

Any type of operating system that I wanted to be able to hack, I basically compromised the source code, copied it over to the university because I didn't have enough space on my 200 megabyte hard drive. Kevin Mitnick

Close letter words and terms

operating statement operating storage operating surgeon operating system call operating system component operating systems