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operating system

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Software designed to control the hardware of a specific data-processing system in order to allow users and application programs to make use of it.

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  • noun software Software that controls the allocation and usage of hardware resources such as memory, CPU time, disk space, and input and output devices.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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

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hypernyms (6)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. computer software
  2. package
  3. software
  4. software package
  5. software program
  6. software system

hyponyms (6)

Words more specific or concrete

  1. DOS
  2. Windows
  3. disk operating system
  4. unix
  5. unix operating system
  6. unix system

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