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operating system

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


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IBM’s own guidance suggested that 10% growth is likely the ceiling through 2026, largely due to slowing demand for its core product, the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

The company’s flagship Delfi cloud operating system acts as a collaborative space where remote teams at an energy company leverage machine learning to eliminate workflow bottlenecks and significantly speed up drilling cycles.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

The operating system stayed embedded in retail, banking, healthcare, energy, law enforcement and defense systems long after it should have been retired.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

The airline struggled more than rivals after the CrowdStrike outage two summers ago crashed millions of computers around the world running Microsoft’s Windows operating system.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

My brain runs on a different operating system from other people’s.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd




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