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 Mar 5 2006, 10:51 PM
Well it i s kind of obvious, but i have gotten many questions from people on here before asking me what some people ment by OS..and so i explained it to them, and i thought i might be able to explain it to other people on here OS aka Operating System OS is short for Operating System. An Operating System is the system in which a computer operates on. Basicly it manages all of the other processes/programs that you put on the computer.. As defines by google it is: QUOTE The software that the rest of the software depends on to make the computer functional. On most PCs this is Windows or the Macintosh OS. Unix and Linux are other operating systems often found in scientific and technical environments. A few examples of Operating Systems are
You see, without operating systems, our computers today will not run as smoothly as they do..we would have to manage EVERY process, and every program that we run... [note=BuffaloHELP]Review the What Is...? section description. Moving to Operating Systems.[/note] This post has been edited by BuffaloHELP: Mar 6 2006, 05:57 AM 
 
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 Mar 5 2006, 11:15 PM
QUOTE(Albus Dumbledore @ Mar 5 2006, 10:51 PM) [snapback]233893[/snapback] You see, without operating systems, our computers today will not run as smoothly as they do..we would have to manage EVERY process, and every program that we run... ...And considering that most computer users wouldn't understand anything about how a Computer works or how to program them or how an OS works, that would be an absolute nightmare. Great tutorial, Albus Dumbledore! This post has been edited by NDPA: Mar 5 2006, 11:17 PM
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Mar 5 2006, 11:17 PM
yes, then there would be practicly No One online or on the computer for that matter  Thanx! Only took me a few minutes ot get a quick 4-5 credits :-D This post has been edited by Albus Dumbledore: Mar 5 2006, 11:18 PM
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Mar 5 2006, 11:49 PM
Hahaha.. I don't even remember when I found out what OS means.. Maybe my dad told me? XD
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Mar 6 2006, 03:28 AM
To the topic starter: note: mac is not an OS its a computer-system if you refur to the OS on a mac than you could be meanig osx (tiger, panter etc)
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Mar 6 2006, 03:36 AM
thnx, i changed it to the two examples you gave me..i dont ever use mac never will either so i dont really know what they call them
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Mar 6 2006, 09:57 PM
Wikipedia definition is: QUOTE An operating system is a special computer program that manages the relationship between application software, the wide variety of hardware that makes up a computer system, and the user of the system.
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Mar 6 2006, 10:12 PM
The OS so far released by the Microsoft are, -- Windows CE(Mobile) -- MS DOS -- Windows 1.0 -- Windows 2.0 -- Windows 3.0 -- Windows 3.1 -- Windows NT -- Windows 95 -- Windows NT 4.0 -- Windows 98 -- Windows 2000 -- Windows Me -- Windows XP -- Windows XP Media Center Edition -- Windows 2003 -- Windows Vista OS The Operating System(OS) acts as the middleman between applications and hardware, with the help of of which programmers don't need to know the internals and complexity of the hardware they write codes for. Their programs just need to talk to the OS, which in turn talks to the hardware. To acheive this, the OS provides the programmers with an Application Program Interface(API), which lets them write programs that can communicate with the OS.
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Mar 7 2006, 12:05 AM
yup, those are also examples of operating systems made by microsoft and like i said up there "A few examples of Operating Systems are:" but what delivi gave you was pretty much a full list of all of the operating systems that microsoft has released...and also a longer summary of QUOTE You see, without operating systems, our computers today will not run as smoothly as they do..we would have to manage EVERY process, and every program that we run... that...thanx delivi
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Mar 7 2006, 12:56 AM
And if you know whats good for your computer, and security of your data you'll use something other then Windows, or Make sure you fully up-to date with all windows patches, updates, service packs, have firewall and Anti-Virus. Otherwise, expect spyware, adware, possible hacking, pop ups and just a total system melting down in a matter of days connecting to internet.
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