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Operating system

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English

Noun

operating system

  1. Software that controls a computer and acts as a layer between the hardware and the applications and users. (eg. Linux, Windows, MacOS , Unix)
  2. (software) Software that provides a simple environment for programmers and end users to work more efficiently (shell, command interpreter)

Translations

  • Arabic: نظام تشغيل
  • Asturian: sistema operativu
  • Bulgarian: операционната система
  • Catalan: Sistema operatiu
  • Chinese: 操作系统 (caozuojitong)
  • Croatian: Operativni sustav
  • Czech: operační systém
  • Danish: operativsystemet , styresystem
  • Dutch: besturingssysteem
  • Esperanto: operaciumo
  • Estonian: operatsioonisüsteem singular, operatsioonisüsteemi plural
  • Finnish: käyttöjärjestelmä
  • French: système d'exploitation
  • Galician: sistema operativo
  • German: Betriebssystem
  • Greek: λειτουργικό σύστημα (leitourgikó sýstema)
  • Hebrew:מערכת הפעלה
  • Hungarian: operációs rendszer
  • Icelandic: stýrikerfi
  • Indonesian: Sistem Operasi
  • Interlingua: systema de operation
  • Italian: sistema operativo
  • Japanese: オペレーティングシステム (operētingu shisutemu)
  • Kashubian: òperacjowô systema
  • Korean: 운영체제
  • Kurdish: Sîstema şixulandinê
  • Latin: systema interna f, systema operationis f
  • Latvian: operacionālā sistēma
  • Lithuanian: operacinė sistema
  • Low Saxon: Bedriefsysteem
  • Malagasy: mpandrindra milina
  • Malay: Sistem Pengoperasian
  • Malayalam: ഓപറേറ്റിങ്ങ്‌ സിസ്റ്റം
  • Min Nan: chok-gia̍p hē-thóng
  • Norway: operativsystem
  • Persian: سیستم عامل
  • Polish: system operacyjny m
  • Portuguese sistema operativo m (Portugal), sistema operacional m (Brazil)
  • Romanian: sistem de operare n
  • Russian: операционная система
  • Slovak: Operacijski sistem
  • Spanish: sistema operativo m
  • Swedish: operativsystem
  • Serbian: Operativni sistem
  • Thai: ระบบปฏิบัติการ
  • Turkish: işletim sistemi
  • Ukranian: операційна система

Examples of operating systems

  • MS-DOS
  • Linux
  • Mac OS
  • Windows
  • UNIX




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