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operating system

noun
/ˈɒpəˌɹeɪtɪŋ ˌsɪstəm/UK/ˈɑpəˌɹeɪtɪŋ ˌsɪstəm/US

Etymology

From operating + system. First use appears c. the 1950s.

  1. derived from *steh₂-✻
  2. derived from σύστημα
  3. borrowed from systēma
  4. borrowed from sisteme
  5. compounded as operating system — “operating + system”

Definitions

  1. Software that is designed for controlling the allocation and the use of various hardware…

    Software that is designed for controlling the allocation and the use of various hardware resources to tasks and remote terminals.

    • The operating system is the key mediator of access by processes within a computer system.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for operating system. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA