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2. Operating system - Wikipedia

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   An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources, and provides common services for computer programs. Time-sharing operating systems schedule tasks for efficient use of the system and may also include accounting software for cost allocation of processor time, mass storage, peripherals, and other ...

3. Linux - Wikipedia

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   This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 19 September 2024. Family of Unix-like operating systems This article is about the family of operating systems. For the kernel, see Linux kernel. For other uses, see Linux (disambiguation). Operating system Linux Tux the penguin, the mascot of Linux Developer Community contributors, Linus Torvalds ...

4. Ubuntu - Wikipedia

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   Ubuntu (/ ʊ ˈ b ʊ n t uː / uu-BUUN-too) [7] is a Linux distribution derived from Debian and composed mostly of free and open-source software. [8] [9] [10] Ubuntu is officially released in multiple editions: Desktop, [11] Server, [12] and Core [13] for Internet of things devices [14] and robots.

5. List of operating systems - Wikipedia

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   Business Operating System (BOS) – developed to be ported across microcomputers. EOS – developed by ETA Systems for use in their ETA-10 line of supercomputers. EMBOS – developed by Elxsi for use on their mini-supercomputers. GCOS – a proprietary operating system originally developed by General Electric.

6. Unix - Wikipedia

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   www.opengroup.org /unix. Unix (/ ˈjuːnɪks / ⓘ, YOO-niks; trademarked as UNIX) is a family of multitasking, multi-user computer operating systems that derive from the original AT&T Unix, whose development started in 1969 [1] at the Bell Labs research center by Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, and others.

7. Comparison of operating systems - Wikipedia

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   The article "Usage share of operating systems" provides a broader, and more general, comparison of operating systems that includes servers, mainframes and supercomputers. Because of the large number and variety of available Linux distributions, they are all grouped under a single entry; see comparison of Linux distributions for a detailed ...

8. C (programming language) - Wikipedia

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   C (pronounced / ˈsiː / – like the letter c) [6] is a general-purpose programming language. It was created in the 1970s by Dennis Ritchie and remains very widely used and influential. By design, C's features cleanly reflect the capabilities of the targeted CPUs. It has found lasting use in operating systems code (especially in kernels [7 ...

9. Object-oriented operating system - Wikipedia

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   An object-oriented operating system[1] is an operating system that is designed, structured, and operated using object-oriented programming principles. An object-oriented operating system is in contrast to an object-oriented user interface or programming framework, which can be run on a non-object-oriented operating system like DOS or Unix.