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An operating system (commonly abbreviated OS and O/S) is the infrastructure software component of a computer system; it is responsible for the management and coordination of activities and the sharing of the limited resources of the computer. The operating system acts as a host for applications that are run on the machine. As a host, one of the purposes of an operating system is to handle the details of the operation of the hardware. This relieves application programs from having to manage these details and makes it easier to write applications. Almost all computers, including handheld computers, desktop computers, supercomputers, and even video game consoles, use an operating system of some type. Some of the oldest models may however use an embedded operating system, that may be contained on a compact disk or other data storage device.


Operating systems offer a number of services to application programs and users. Applications access these services through application programming interfaces (APIs) or system calls. By invoking these interfaces, the application can request a service from the operating system, pass parameters, and receive the results of the operation. Users may also interact with the operating system with some kind of software user interface (UI) like typing commands by using command line interface (CLI) or using a graphical user interface (GUI, commonly pronounced “gooey”). For hand-held and desktop computers, the user interface is generally considered part of the operating system. On large multi-user systems like Unix and Unix-like systems, the user interface is generally implemented as an application program that runs outside the operating system. (Whether the user interface should be included as part of the operating system is a point of contention.)

Common contemporary operating systems include Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, Linux, BSD and Solaris. Microsoft Windows has a significant majority of market share in the desktop and notebook computer markets, while servers generally run on Linux or other Unix-like systems. Embedded device markets are split amongst several operating systems.

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6 comments:

  world

January 14, 2009 at 1:48 AM

i think linux better than all OS,,,linux is free source,,,
cek this

  Anonymous

January 14, 2009 at 2:49 PM

yeah i agree with you..

but i think every operating system has every advantages of each operating system. but i'am has using linux, i fell free...

  crazyloves

January 16, 2009 at 2:05 AM

woi master linux,,
ajari aku linux lavista 7.1 dunks...

  Anonymous

January 19, 2009 at 4:10 AM

aska

  Anonymous

January 27, 2009 at 4:40 PM

numpang buang comment, hehehe

MAc OS kereeeeeeeeeeen..

*walo sampe saat ini juga belum pernah nyentuh SO nya,hwehehehehehehehe*

  Anonymous

February 6, 2009 at 5:10 PM

kang abim..ajarain Linux dong...
tapi pake laptopmu ya..
8 Laptop sediain ya, buat 7Segment.hehehe...