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• Operating system — Operating systems …   Wikipedia

• operating system — n. The software that performs the essential tasks a computer must do in order to function, such as allocating memory, controlling devices, supporting software applications, and providing access to files. abbrv. OS The Essential Law Dictionary.… …   Law dictionary

• operating system — operating systems N COUNT The operating system of a computer is its most basic program, which it needs in order to function and run other programs …   English dictionary

• operating system — noun (computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services • Syn: ↑OS • Topics: ↑computer science, ↑computing • Hypernyms: ↑software, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Operating system service management — In computing, mechanisms and techniques for managing services often differ by operating system. Operating system service management can refer to the following: In several Unix and Unix like operating systems, init.d scripts, used by the init… …   Wikipedia

• Mobile operating system — A mobile operating system, also known as a mobile OS, mobile software platform or a handheld operating system, is the operating system that controls a mobile device or information appliance similar in principle to an operating system such as… …   Wikipedia

• Distributed operating system — A distributed operating system is the logical aggregation of operating system software over a collection of independent, networked, communicating, and spatially disseminated computational nodes.[1] Individual system nodes each hold a discrete… …   Wikipedia

• IBM AIX (operating system) — Infobox OS name = AIX caption = developer = IBM source model = Closed source kernel type = Dynamic Extendable supported platforms = ROMP, IBM POWER, PowerPC, IBM PS/2, System/370, ESA/390 ui = Common Desktop Environment family = UNIX System V… …   Wikipedia

• Fork (operating system) — In computing, when a process forks, it creates a copy of itself, which is called a child process. The original process is then called the parent process . More generally, a fork in a multithreading environment means that a thread of execution is… …   Wikipedia

• Exit (operating system) — A computer process terminates its execution by making an exit system call. More generally, an exit in a multithreading environment means that a thread of execution has stopped running. The operating system reclaims resources (memory, files, etc.) …   Wikipedia

• VM (operating system) — Infobox OS name = z/VM Teddy bear a VM s mascot since 1983. caption = zVM/CMS fullscreen developer = IBM source model = Closed source kernel type = supported platforms = System/370, System/390, zSeries, System z9 ui = family = VM family released …   Wikipedia