operating system

Example Sentences

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Palantir has become the operating system for the Defense Department.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

He also drew parallels between the current environment, when the internet was just beginning to flourish and Windows 95, a groundbreaking operating system, was first released.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

Apple unveiled the updates to its operating system in March.

From BBC • May 5, 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

Then he would come out of it, and the two would go out to dinner, then plunge into writing some program or into a long battle over which operating system was superior.

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