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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>operating system</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../O.html" title="O"/><link rel="previous" href="open-switch.html" title="open switch"/><link rel="next" href="operator-headspace.html" title="operator headspace"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">operating system</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="open-switch.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">O</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="operator-headspace.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="operating-system"/><dt xmlns="" id="operating-system"><b>operating system</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [techspeak] (Often abbreviated ‘OS’) The foundation
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software of a machine; that which schedules tasks, allocates storage, and
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presents a default interface to the user between applications. The
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facilities an operating system provides and its general design philosophy
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exert an extremely strong influence on programming style and on the
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technical cultures that grow up around its host machines. Hacker folklore
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has been shaped primarily by the <a href="../U/Unix.html"><i class="glossterm">Unix</i></a>,
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<a href="../I/ITS.html"><i class="glossterm">ITS</i></a>, <a href="../T/TOPS-10.html"><i class="glossterm">TOPS-10</i></a>,
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<a href="../T/TOPS-20.html"><i class="glossterm">TOPS-20</i></a>/<a href="../T/TWENEX.html"><i class="glossterm">TWENEX</i></a>,
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<a href="../W/WAITS.html"><i class="glossterm">WAITS</i></a>, <a href="../C/CP-M.html"><i class="glossterm">CP/M</i></a>,
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<a href="../M/MS-DOS.html"><i class="glossterm">MS-DOS</i></a>, and <a href="../M/Multics.html"><i class="glossterm">Multics</i></a> operating
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systems (most importantly by ITS and Unix). See also
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