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operating system

[op-uh-rey-ting sis-tuhm] / ˈɒp ə reɪ tɪŋ ˌsɪs təm /
NOUN
computer software for basic operation
Synonyms
WEAK
MS-DOS MacOS OS OS/2 UNIX Windows disk operating system dos executive system software systems program

Example Sentences

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The 1998 bug in the OpenBSD operating system was one of thousands Mythos found last month.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

For example, Anthropic said that in one popular operating system it tested, used by thousands of companies including Netflix and Sony, Claude Mythos found a flaw that had existed undetected for 17 years.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

On the other side of the business, BlackBerry’s QNX real-time operating system for cars, robots, and other physical machinery has become the company’s core growth driver.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

But each of those bodies still needs a brain - an operating system, or software, that tells the various bits of metal what to do.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Apart from movies, weekends were constructed around some new Net or Web project—trying out a just-purchased game, downloading new software, collecting and listening to music, installing a new operating system.

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