What is operating system??

Question

What is operating system??

Answer 1

You are using one to post this question.

Answer 2

In a simple non techincal expanation.It is what yor computer does.For example.

turn your computer on and off.

save  and delete information.Manages this sort of actions

`Operating system` is self explanatory - its a system that operates your computer.

Answer 3

Operating System is a program that manages the hardware of the computer.

It also acts as an intermediary b/w the user n the computer hardware.

It controls the allocation n usage of hardware resources such as memory, CPU time, disk space n peripheral devices.

It is a foundation software on which applications depend.

Answer 4

Operating system is a  system that manages ur computers files and folders ,interacts with you .In simple Windows95,98,2000,ME,NT,Xp,Vista ;linux,mac,solaris are  sll Operating systems.

Answer 5

On a given hardware Os is a platform(software) where other software programs(like java, oracle, picasa, MS office, games) run. Different kinds of OS are...

Microsoft windows xp

Microsoft windows Vista

Microsoft windows 2000

Microsoft windows 98

Linux

Unix

solaris

Answer 6

For what?

I am using Vista.  

Answer 7

I think the system which operates the whole system is called OPERATING SYSTEM.

Answer 8

It's a system that operates your computer eg it turns all your clicks on the mouse or writing on the keyboard into information to be shown on the screen.

Examples are Windows, Mac, Linux...

Answer 9

The system on what your computer operates!

Windows, linux, ubunto or Mac OSX for example

Answer 10

In simple language you can say  that an operating system(o/s) provides an interface between the HARDWARE  &  SOFTWARE of the computer system. It is a software program that manages uyour computer hardware according to your software.it provides security also. and many more features.........

eg: windows,linux,unix etc.

Answer 11

An operating system (commonly abbreviated OS and O/S) is the software component of a computer system that is responsible for the management and coordination of activities and the sharing of the resources of the computer. The operating system acts as a host for application programs that are run on the machine. As a host, one of the purposes of an operating system is to handle the details of the operation of the hardware. This relieves application programs from having to manage these details and makes it easier to write applications. Almost all computers, including hand-held computers, desktop computers, supercomputers, and even modern video game consoles, use an operating system of some type. Some of the oldest models may however use an embedded OS, that may be contained on a compact disk or other storage device.

Operating systems offer a number of services to application programs and users. Applications access these services through application programming interfaces (APIs) or system calls. By invoking these interfaces, the application can request a service from the operating system, pass parameters, and receive the results of the operation. Users may also interact with the operating system with some kind a software user interface (UI) like typing commands by using command line interface (CLI) or using a graphical user interface (GUI, commonly pronounced “gooey”). For hand-held and desktop computers, the user interface is generally considered part of the operating system. On large multi-user systems like Unix and Unix-like systems, the user interface is generally implemented as an application program that runs outside the operating system. After all, always considering user interface as part of operating system is misconception because operating system can have multiple different user interfaces.

Common contemporary operating systems include Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and Solaris. Microsoft Windows has a significant majority of market share in the desktop and notebook computer markets, while servers generally run on Linux or other Unix-like systems. Embedded device markets are split amongst several operating systems.

Answer 12

it is a meaningful communication source to   computer.

as                        language                   to    human.

Answer 13

Operating system is the interface between the computer and you. Exchage of commands between you and computer is done at Operating system.