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A list of Citizendium articles, and planned articles, about Operating system.

See also changes related to Operating system, or pages that link to Operating system or to this page or whose text contains "Operating system".

Parent topics

Computer [r]: A machine that executes a sequence of instructions. ^[e]

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Concepts

Operating system kernel [r]: Add brief definition or description
Process [r]: Add brief definition or description
Thread [r]: Add brief definition or description
Deadlock [r]: Add brief definition or description
Scheduling [r]: Add brief definition or description
Memory management [r]: Add brief definition or description
Virtual memory [r]: A concept in computer science whereby an operating system can use alternate (usually slower) data storage to impersonate real memory and run programs that ordinarily would not fit into real memory (RAM) ^[e]
Input/Output [r]: Add brief definition or description
File system [r]: A file system outlines the structure of files on a hard disk. ^[e]
Shell (computer) [r]: Command interpreters envelope a computer application, and provide an environment in which it is run. ^[e]
Graphic user interface [r]: Add brief definition or description
Distributed system [r]: Add brief definition or description

List of operating systems

Linux [r]: Please do not use this term in your topic list, because there is no single article for it. Please substitute a more precise term. See Linux (disambiguation) for a list of available, more precise, topics. Please add a new usage if needed.
Unix [r]: A computer operating system originally conceived and developed by a group of researchers as an unofficial project while they were working at AT&T's Bell Laboratories. ^[e]
Mac OS X [r]: BSD-based, POSIX-compatible graphical Unix operating system made by Apple for use on Macintosh computers. ^[e]
FreeBSD [r]: Add brief definition or description
NetBSD [r]: Add brief definition or description
Microsoft MS-DOS [r]: The command line operating system, originally bought and modified to run the original IBM PC. ^[e]
OS/2 [r]: The operating system initially intended by IBM and Microsoft to succeed MS-DOS. ^[e]
QNX [r]: Add brief definition or description

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Computer architecture [r]: Add brief definition or description

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