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Operating System

Operating System

Definition

a collection of software that manages computer hardware resources and provides common services for computer programs

Sentence

There’s no one “best” operating system.

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This material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under Award Numbers 1104229, 1501756, and 1902474.