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operating system

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


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Many of the advances Apple announced on Monday have already been rolled out to individual users by Google, with AI-powered Gemini features added to Gmail, Maps and its Android operating system for smartphones and tablets.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 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

This includes the little green robot that Google uses as the mascot for its Android mobile operating system.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Palantir has become the operating system for the Defense Department.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 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




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