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operating system

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


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Entrata says 2.5 million units are enrolled in its operating system, but the company offers a suite of property-management services beyond RentPlus, including payment processing and rental insurance.

From MarketWatch • 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

The airline struggled more than rivals after the CrowdStrike outage two summers ago crashed millions of computers around the world running Microsoft’s Windows operating system.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

The frames will operate on Google’s Gemini AI model and work with Android’s “extended reality” operating system to provide contextual, real-time assistance.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

If the computer’s operating system was rewritten, computer scientists realized, the machine’s time could be shared; the computer could be trained to handle hundreds of tasks at the same time.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell




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