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  2. Category:Network operating systems - Wikipedia

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    Network operating systems (NOSs) are operating systems that provide support for computer networking in addition to traditional hardware support. These were an important sub-class of conventional operating systems from the 1980s into the 1990s during the introduction of the early local area network (LAN) systems. As personal computers grew in ...

  3. Network operating system - Wikipedia

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    A network operating system (NOS) is a specialized operating system for a network device such as a router, switch or firewall.. Historically operating systems with networking capabilities were described as network operating systems, because they allowed personal computers (PCs) to participate in computer networks and shared file and printer access within a local area network (LAN).

  4. Comparison of open-source operating systems - Wikipedia

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    snapshots, venti archival storage, per-process namespace, user-mountable file systems AROS: Syllable: Unix 64-bit, journaling, extended file attributes: Inferno: No No Unix-like, no root No per-process namespace, user-mountable file systems FreeRTOS: eCos: RTEMS: HelenOS: No No No No No E/OS Yes Yes Unix Yes No Name RAID quota Resource access ...

  5. List of operating systems - Wikipedia

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    JNode (Java New Operating System Design Effort), written 99% in Java (native compiled), provides own JVM and JIT compiler. Based on GNU Classpath. [36] [37] JX Java operating system that focuses on a flexible and robust operating system architecture developed as an open source system by the University of Erlangen. KERNAL (default OS on ...

  6. System software - Wikipedia

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    A kernel is the core part of the operating system that defines an application programming interface for applications programs (including some system software) and an interface to device drivers. Device drivers and firmware , including computer BIOS or UEFI , provide basic functionality to operate and control the hardware connected to or built ...

  7. Comparison of real-time operating systems - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of real-time operating systems (RTOSs). This is an operating system in which the time taken to process an input stimulus is less than the time lapsed until the next input stimulus of the same type.

  8. SONiC (operating system) - Wikipedia

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    The Software for Open Networking in the Cloud or alternatively abbreviated and stylized as SONiC, is a free and open source network operating system based on Linux.It was originally developed by Microsoft and the Open Compute Project.

  9. Cisco NX-OS - Wikipedia

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    NX-OS is a network operating system for the Nexus-series Ethernet switches and MDS-series Fibre Channel storage area network switches made by Cisco Systems. It evolved from the Cisco operating system SAN-OS, originally developed for its MDS switches. [1] It is based on Wind River Linux and is inter-operable with other Cisco operating systems.