operating system
noun
: software that controls the operation of a computer and directs the processing of programs (as by assigning storage space in memory and controlling input and output functions)
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Keep Software Updated: Regularly update your operating system, antivirus software, and other applications to patch security vulnerabilities.
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Advertorial, Orange County Register, 10 Apr. 2024
The car’s operating system — dubbed by some as safetyOS — could also theoretically be tailored for robots, according to people familiar with the effort.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
How so? Lauren Goode: Well, overseas, Android is the most dominant operating system in the world.
—Michael Calore Lauren Goode, WIRED, 28 Mar. 2024
The small tech startup quickly became one America’s fastest-growing companies, overtaking the incumbent Apple and dominating the growth of personal computers in the 1990s by developing Windows, an easy-to-use operating system.
—Sunny Nagpaul, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2024
The lawsuit asks the court to stop Apple from engaging in current practices, including blocking cloud-streaming apps, undermining messaging across smartphone operating systems and preventing the creation of digital wallet alternatives.
—Tripp Mickle, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
The infotainment system will run on Rivian’s own operating system, and like Tesla, won’t support Apple CarPlay or Android Auto.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 7 Mar. 2024
PCs operating systems are another control point, as Apple learned when Microsoft famously out maneuvered them driving the company to the point of bankruptcy in the 1990s.
—Andrew Binns, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
Having recently tried Kia’s latest Connected Car Navigation Cockpit (ccNC) operating system in the 2024 Sorento, there isn’t much of a learning curve, and as in the Sorento wireless Android Auto and Apple CarPlay will be standard.
—Alex Kwanten, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
Advertorial, Orange County Register, 10 Apr. 2024
The car’s operating system — dubbed by some as safetyOS — could also theoretically be tailored for robots, according to people familiar with the effort.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
How so? Lauren Goode: Well, overseas, Android is the most dominant operating system in the world.
—Michael Calore Lauren Goode, WIRED, 28 Mar. 2024
The small tech startup quickly became one America’s fastest-growing companies, overtaking the incumbent Apple and dominating the growth of personal computers in the 1990s by developing Windows, an easy-to-use operating system.
—Sunny Nagpaul, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2024
The lawsuit asks the court to stop Apple from engaging in current practices, including blocking cloud-streaming apps, undermining messaging across smartphone operating systems and preventing the creation of digital wallet alternatives.
—Tripp Mickle, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
The infotainment system will run on Rivian’s own operating system, and like Tesla, won’t support Apple CarPlay or Android Auto.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 7 Mar. 2024
PCs operating systems are another control point, as Apple learned when Microsoft famously out maneuvered them driving the company to the point of bankruptcy in the 1990s.
—Andrew Binns, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
Having recently tried Kia’s latest Connected Car Navigation Cockpit (ccNC) operating system in the 2024 Sorento, there isn’t much of a learning curve, and as in the Sorento wireless Android Auto and Apple CarPlay will be standard.
—Alex Kwanten, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
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“Operating system.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/operating%20system. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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