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operating system
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n. [techspeak] (Often abbreviated OS ) The foundation software of a machine;
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that which schedules tasks, allocates storage, and presents a default
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interface to the user between applications. The facilities an operating
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system provides and its general design philosophy exert an extremely strong
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influence on programming style and on the technical cultures that grow up
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around its host machines. Hacker folklore has been shaped primarily by the
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Unix , ITS , TOPS-10 , TOPS-20 / TWENEX , WAITS , CP/M , MS-DOS , and
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Multics operating systems (most importantly by ITS and Unix). See also
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timesharing.
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