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2. 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 ...

3. 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 ...

4. 3B series computers - Wikipedia

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   It consists of a virtual "emulated" 3B20D environment running on a stand-alone general purpose computer; the system was ported to many computers, but primarily runs on the Sun Microsystems Solaris environment. There were improvements to the 3B20D UNIX-RTR system in both software and hardware in the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s.

5. Home computer - Wikipedia

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   The Amiga found use as a workstation for desktop video, a first for a stand-alone computer, costing far less than dedicated motion-video processing equipment costing many thousands of dollars. Stereo sound became standard for the first time; the Atari ST gained popularity as an affordable alternative for MIDI equipment for the production of music.

6. Timeline of operating systems - Wikipedia

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   Virtual Machine/Basic System Extensions Program Product (BSEPP or VM/SE) Virtual Machine/System Extensions Program Product (SEPP or VM/BSE) Virtual Machine Facility/370 (VM/370), sometimes known as VM/CMS; 1973 Эльбрус-1 – Soviet computer – created using high-level language uЭль-76 (AL-76/ALGOL 68) Alto OS; CP-V (Control Program V)

7. Standalone program - Wikipedia

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   A standalone program, also known as a freestanding program, is a computer program that does not load any external module, library function or program and that is designed to boot with the bootstrap procedure of the target processor – it runs on bare metal.