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operating system

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


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This includes the little green robot that Google uses as the mascot for its Android mobile operating system.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

“They don’t care about the fact that the operating system below is blah, blah, blah.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

As cars become computers on wheels, QNX is trusted by the world’s largest automakers because its simple, real-time operating system is designed to never, ever fail.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

In his view, “fully controlling both the operating system and hardware” would allow OpenAI to deliver this type of product.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 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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