Difference between revisions of "Operating System"

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* [[BSD Operating System]]

Latest revision as of 17:01, 19 August 2009

An operating system is a collection of software that handles many of the functions needed as "infrastructure" to allow programs to be used by people.

These include displaying information on a screen, giving information programs which come from detecting a mouse and how it is moved, and giving information to programs by detecting keys pressed on a keyboard. Many times an operating system also handles output of sounds or music.

There are several operating systems that are common: