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operating system

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operating system (plural operating systems)

  1. (computing, software) Software that is designed for controlling the allocation and the use of various hardware resources 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.

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  • 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

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