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operating system
[ op-uh-rey-ting sis-tuhm ]
noun
- the collection of software that directs a computer's operations, controlling and scheduling the execution of other programs, and managing storage, input/output, and communication resources. : OS
operating system
noun
- the set of software that controls the overall operation of a computer system, typically by performing such tasks as memory allocation, job scheduling, and input/output control
operating system
- Software designed to handle basic elements of computer operation, such as sending instructions to hardware devices like disk drives and computer screens, and allocating system resources such as memory to different software applications being run. Given uniformly designed operating systems that run on many different computers, developers of software do not need to concern themselves with these problems, and are provided with a standard platform for new programs.
Word History and Origins
Origin of operating system1
Example Sentences
In 1996 I worked at Disney Interactive, my Windows 95 operating system skinned with an “X-Files” theme; when I arrived early, the TV show’s eerie chimes echoed across the empty office.
Should you have one of them meddling in your operating systems, as Social Security employees discovered this week, you may be blocked from accessing “General News,” as Wired reported Thursday.
Mr Schmidt was head of Google when the company bought Android, the company which now makes the most-used mobile phone operating system in the world.
Their ethos was that anyone could contribute to the development of an open source application or operating system – and the software and underlying code could be used, modified, and distributed for free.
Google also runs popular web browser Chrome and a mobile operating system Android.
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