What's an operating system?

What are Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS?

Feb 1, 2020

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The TL;DR

An operating system is the mastermind behind your computer: it orchestrates all of the behind-the-scenes magic that lets something like Excel work on your hardware.

Operating systems are pieces of software that manage how your application software works with your hardware
An OS also handles very basic tasks like keyboard input, displaying things …

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