Difference between revisions of "Operating system"
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| − | An Operating System ("OS") is a software layer on which applications and program are executed. It is hardware- | + | {{wikipedia}} |
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| + | An Operating System ("OS") is a software layer on which applications and program are executed. It is hardware-dependent and factorizes many functionalities to make them simply accessible to programs, such as file management. Often, it also offers to have multiple programs executed at the same time by slicing their processor access. | ||
As the most known OSes, we can cite: | As the most known OSes, we can cite: | ||
| − | * Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows | + | * [[Windows]] XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, ... |
| − | * | + | * [[Mac OS X]] |
| − | * GNU/Linux based OSes like Debian or Ubuntu. | + | * [[GNU/Linux]] based OSes like [[Debian]] or [[Ubuntu]]. |
Revision as of 04:12, 21 January 2019
An Operating System ("OS") is a software layer on which applications and program are executed. It is hardware-dependent and factorizes many functionalities to make them simply accessible to programs, such as file management. Often, it also offers to have multiple programs executed at the same time by slicing their processor access.
As the most known OSes, we can cite:
VLC media player can be run on many OSes. This list can help you to find which of them are supported.
