OPERATING SYSTEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does operating system mean? 

• OPERATING SYSTEM (noun)
  The noun OPERATING SYSTEM has 1 sense:

1. (computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services

  Familiarity information: OPERATING SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OPERATING SYSTEM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

operating system; OS

Hypernyms ("operating system" is a kind of...):

computer software; package; software; software package; software program; software system ((computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory)

Meronyms (parts of "operating system"):

executive program; supervisor; supervisory program (a program that controls the execution of other programs)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "operating system"):

disk operating system; DOS (an operating system that is on a disk)

UNIX; UNIX operating system; UNIX system (trademark for a powerful operating system)

Windows ((trademark) an operating system with a graphical user interface)

Holonyms ("operating system" is a part of...):

platform (the combination of a particular computer and a particular operating system)

 Context examples 

Issue associated with malfunction of the computer operating system as opposed to an application software issue.

(Operating System Interface Becomes Non-Functional Software Problem Associated with Medical Device, Food and Drug Administration)

A set of protocols designed to provide communication between a software application and a computer operating system or between applications.

(Application Program Interface, NCI Thesaurus)

Apple has implemented the patch in the beta versions of their operating system iOS, macOS, tvOS and watchOS, however it is yet to roll out patches for stable operating systems.

(Digital security researchers publicly reveal vulnerability in WPA2 WiFi protocol, Wikinews)

Be sure to back up computer programs, insert the most up-to-date software in your operating system, and protect the privacy of clients and customers, lest you end up dealing with a hacker. (Uranus, a leader at this new moon, rules computers and software and could easily create mayhem.)

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Issue associated with the machinery operating system, a collection of software, firmware, and hardware elements that control the execution of computer programs and provides such services as computer resource allocation, job control, input/output control, and file management in a computer system.

(Computer Operating System Problem Associated with Medical Device, Food and Drug Administration)

Vanhoef notified vendors about the flaw in July, including UNIX-like operating system OpenBSD.

(Digital security researchers publicly reveal vulnerability in WPA2 WiFi protocol, Wikinews)