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operating system

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From operating +‎ system. First use appears c. the 1950s.

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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.
    Synonym: OS (initialism)
    Hypernym: system
    • 1959, United States, National Bureau of Standards, NBS Technical Note, page 55:
      The operating system is the key mediator of access by processes within a computer system.

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