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operating system

[op-uh-rey-ting sis-tuhm] / ˈɒp ə reɪ tɪŋ ˌsɪs təm /


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Rattle developed an operating system for sales and revenue teams that sits on top of companies’ other software tools such as Salesforce.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

The commission, the 27-nation bloc's antitrust regulator, had accused Google of abusing the popularity of its Android operating system to restrict competition.

From Barron's Jul. 14, 2026

Steve Jobs declared “thermonuclear war” on Google’s Android operating system in 2010, calling it a “stolen product.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

People familiar with the device described it as slimmer than an iPhone and running on a proprietary operating system.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 5, 2026

I’d begun writing for a new website, Slashdot.org, an intensely geeky techno/pop-culture site devoted to the open source Linux operating system and to the open source and free software movements.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz




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