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'OS' computer abbreviation usually means ?
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Akash Laddha said:
1 decade ago
OS stands for Operating system, a kind of system software which is used as an interface between user and the hardware.
Example: Windows XP, Linux, Mac, Solaris
Example: Windows XP, Linux, Mac, Solaris
Ilavarasan said:
1 decade ago
OS is nothing but a door to communicate user and machine.
Without operating system we cannot use computer (ie) we cannot do anything. With out OS a computer is like a dead machine.
Without operating system we cannot use computer (ie) we cannot do anything. With out OS a computer is like a dead machine.
Dharcini said:
1 decade ago
It's an intermediate between the computer hardware and the user of the computer. So the os means "operating system".
Anuj rathore said:
1 decade ago
It is the basic key unit. Because DOS is the basic unit to operate computer hardware as well as software.
Balasubramani.k said:
1 decade ago
Os stands for operating system
Himanshu said:
1 decade ago
An Operating System is a software program or set of programs that mediate access between physical devices (such as a keyboard, mouse, monitor, disk drive or network connection) and application programs (such as a word processor, World-Wide Web browser or electronic mail client).
K.siva sesha reddy said:
1 decade ago
It is like a mind which constitutes major portion of humans with this operating system we can't run any type of programs since we can't install any type of softwares.
Sathish kumar.P said:
1 decade ago
OS means Operating system apport then Intercommunication from system(monitor) to User.
Tarun Arora said:
1 decade ago
An operating system (OS) is a set of programs that manage computer hardware resources and provide common services for application software.
Pawan Sharma said:
1 decade ago
OS means Operating system apport then Intercommunication from system(monitor) to User
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