operating system

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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

Many analysts say Palantir isn’t as vulnerable as other software providers because it designed an operating system to integrate with a variety of AI models and can make them more useful.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 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

Roku makes streaming devices and licenses its operating system to TV makers.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

The first version of the Windows operating system launched in 1985, and the breakthrough version that made IBM PCs much more user-friendly—Windows 3.0—shipped on May 22, 1990, only six months after the wall went down.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman