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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 ...

3. Shell (computing) - Wikipedia

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   In computing, a shell is a computer program that exposes an operating system 's services to a human user or other programs. In general, operating system shells use either a command-line interface (CLI) or graphical user interface (GUI), depending on a computer's role and particular operation. It is named a shell because it is the outermost ...

4. 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 ...

5. List of operating systems - Wikipedia

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   Cambridge CAP computer – operating system demonstrated the use of security capabilities, both in hardware and software, also a useful fileserver, implemented in ALGOL 68C Flex machine – Custom microprogrammable hardware, with an operating system, (modular) compiler, editor, * garbage collector and filing system all written in ALGOL 68 .

6. History of operating systems - Wikipedia

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   History of computing. more timelines ... Computer operating systems (OSes) provide a set of functions needed and used by most application programs on a computer, and the links needed to control and synchronize computer hardware. On the first computers, with no operating system, every program needed the full hardware specification to run ...

7. Timeline of operating systems - Wikipedia

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   1953. DYSEAC - an early machine capable of distributing computing. 1955. General Motors Operating System made for IBM 701 [2] MIT 's Tape Director operating system made for UNIVAC 1103 [3][4] 1956. GM-NAA I/O for IBM 704, based on General Motors Operating System.