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operating system

Syllables: o·pe·ra·ting sys·temUK/ˈɒpəˌɹeɪtɪŋ ˌsɪstəm//ˈɑpəˌɹeɪtɪŋ ˌsɪstəm/

operating system noun: software that is designed for controlling the allocation and the use of various hardware resources to tasks and remote terminals.

Noun

operating system (plural operating systems)

  1. 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.1959, United States, National Bureau of Standards, NBS Technical Note, page 55
    Synonyms:
    OS, platform

operating system meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

operating system in Hindi

software which controls the computer
प्रचालन तंत्र pracālan tantra, ऑपरेटिंग सिस्टम ŏpreṭiṅg sisṭam

operating system in Tamil

software which controls the computer
இயங்குதளம் iyaṅkutaḷam

operating system in Urdu

software which controls the computer
آپْریٹِن٘گ سِسْٹَم āpreṭiṅg sisṭam, اِشْتِغالی نِظام iśtiġālī nizām

operating system in Bengali

software which controls the computer
অপারেটিং সিস্টেম opareṭiṅ śisṭem
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operating system in Malayalam
ഓപറേറ്റിങ്ങ് സിസ്റ്റം ōpaṟēṟṟiṅṅŭ sisṟṟaṁ
operating system in Kannada
ಕಾರ್ಯಕಾರಿ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆ
operating system in Pashto
چلوونکی سیسټم čalawūnkay sīsṭam, عامل سیسټم 'āmil sīsṭam, عملیاتي سیسټم 'amalīyātī sīsṭam
operating system in Arabic
نِظَام تَشْغِيل niẓām tašḡīl
operating system in Malay
sistem pengendalian, sistem pengoperasian
operating system in Indonesian
sistem operasi, sistem operasional, sistem pengoperasian
operating system in Thai
ระบบปฏิบัติการ rá-bòp-bpà-dtì-bàt-gaan, โอเอส
operating system in Vietnamese
hệ điều hành
operating system in Myanmar
စက်မောင်းစနစ် cakmaung:ca.nac, အော်ပရေးတင်းစစ်စတမ် aupa.re:tang:cacca.tam

Synonyms of operating system

Forms of operating system

pluraloperating systems

Origin of operating system

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

Questions about operating system

What does operating system mean?
Operating system means software that is designed for controlling the allocation and the use of various hardware resources to tasks and remote terminals.
What is operating system in Hindi?
Operating system in Hindi is प्रचालन तंत्र (pracālan tantra), ऑपरेटिंग सिस्टम (ŏpreṭiṅg sisṭam). See Operating system meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is operating system?
Operating system is a noun.
How do you pronounce operating system?
Operating system is pronounced /ˈɒpəˌɹeɪtɪŋ ˌsɪstəm/ (UK).
What is the plural of operating system?
The plural of operating system is operating systems.

Words near operating system in the dictionary

  1. operating losses
  2. operating room
  3. operating room table
  4. operating room tables
  5. operating rooms
  6. operating system
  7. operating systems
  8. operating table
  9. operating tables
  10. operating theatre
  11. operating theatres

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Adapted from Wiktionary: operating system (page history and authors); operating system (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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