operating system
Example Sentences
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Apple deftly made the transition to Arm Macs because it controlled every part of the product: The chip, the device, the operating system, many of the apps, and the developer tools.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 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
Not the hardware—which Jobs reluctantly abandoned because it cost too much and nobody wanted it—but the operating system, which proved to be as revolutionary as Jobs always claimed it would be.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
This includes the little green robot that Google uses as the mascot for its Android mobile operating system.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
My brain runs on a different operating system from other people’s.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
