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'OS' computer abbreviation usually means ?
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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).
Balasubramani.k said:
1 decade ago
Os stands for 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.
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".
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.
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
M. Shehbaaz said:
1 decade ago
An operating system is software, consisting of programs and data, that runs on computers.
Gulam said:
1 decade ago
It is a platform which provide the interaction b/w the user and the h/w of the computer. Without OS We cannot work.
Abhi Sinha said:
1 decade ago
@ Sanjeev Mishra
A very few people knew that the Operation System is the interface between Device Driver Interface & User.
OS needs Devices drive Interface to intract with Hardware!
A very few people knew that the Operation System is the interface between Device Driver Interface & User.
OS needs Devices drive Interface to intract with Hardware!
Indu koundal said:
1 decade ago
It is the software component of a computer system that is responsible of the management and coordination of activities and sharing the resources of the computer. Operating system is the interface between the user and application.
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