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Windows, Linux, and MacOS are three popular operating systems. Windows is developed by Microsoft and is widely used on personal computers. Linux is an open source operating system used across many devices. MacOS is the operating system developed by Apple that runs on Macintosh computers. It has been continually updated since 1984 and is now called macOS.

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Computer Os.

Windows, Linux, and MacOS are three popular operating systems. Windows is developed by Microsoft and is widely used on personal computers. Linux is an open source operating system used across many devices. MacOS is the operating system developed by Apple that runs on Macintosh computers. It has been continually updated since 1984 and is now called macOS.

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Delapaz 11-B ( ICT )

Computer Operating System.


An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer
hardware and software resources and provides
common services for computer programs. Time-sharing operating
systems schedule tasks for efficient use of the system and may also include
accounting software for cost allocation of processor time, mass
storage, printing, and other resources. For hardware functions such
as input and output and memory allocation, the operating system acts as
an intermediary between programs and the computer
hardware,[1][2] although the application code is usually executed directly by
the hardware and frequently makes system calls to an OS function or is
interrupted by it. Operating systems are found on many devices that
contain a computer – from cellular phones and video game
consoles to web servers and supercomputers.

Operating Systems.
 WINDOWS OS.
Windows is a series of operating systems developed by Microsoft. Each
version of Windows includes a graphical user interface, with a desktop that
allows users to view files and folders in windows. For the past two decades,
Windows has been the most widely used operating system for personal
computers PCs. Microsoft Windows is designed for both home computing
and professional purposes. Past versions of Windows home editions
include Windows 3.0 (1990), Windows 3.1 (1992), Windows 95 (1995),
Windows 98 (1998), Windows Me (2000), Windows XP (2001), and
Windows Vista (2006). The current version, Windows 7, was released in
2009. The first business-oriented version of Windows, called Windows NT
3.1, was in 1993. This was followed by Windows 3.5, 4.0, and Windows
2000..

 Linux OS
Linux is the best-known and most-used open source operating system. As
an operating system, Linux is software that sits underneath all of the other
software on a computer, receiving requests from those programs and
relaying these requests to the computer’s hardware. For the purposes of
this page, we use the term “Linux” to refer to the Linux kernel, but also the
set of programs, tools, and services that are typically bundled together with
the Linux kernel to provide all of the necessary components of a fully
functional operating system. Some people, particularly members of the
Free Software Foundation, refer to this collection as GNU/Linux, because
many of the tools included are GNU components. However, not all Linux
installations use GNU components as a part of their operating
system. Android, for example, uses a Linux kernel but relies very little on
GNU tools.
 MacOS
This is the operating system that runs on Macintosh computers. It is
pronounced, "mack-oh-es." The Mac OS has been around since the first
Macintosh was introduced in 1984. Since then, it has been continually
updated and many new features have been added to it. Each major OS
release is signified by a new number (i.e. Mac OS 8, Mac OS 9).

Since the core of the Mac OS was nearly decades old, Apple decided to
completely revamp the operating system. In March of 2001, Apple
introduced a completely new version of the Mac OS that was written from
the ground up. The company dubbed it "Mac OS X," correctly pronounced
"Mac OS 10." Unlike earlier versions of the Mac OS, Mac OS X is based on
the same kernel as Unix and has many advanced administrative features
and utilities. Though the operating system is much more advanced than
earlier versions of the Mac OS, it still has the same ease-of-use that people
have come to expect from Apple software.

Macintosh operating system


The family of Macintosh operating systems developed by Apple
Inc. includes the graphical user interface-based operating systems it has
designed for use with its Macintosh series of personal computers since
1984, as well as the related system software it once created for
compatible third-party systems.
In 1984, Apple debuted the operating system that is now known as
the "Classic" Mac OS with its release of the original Macintosh System
Software. The system, rebranded "Mac OS" in 1996, was preinstalled on
every Macintosh until 2002 and offered on Macintosh clones for a short
time in the 1990s. Noted for its ease of use, it was also criticized for its lack
of modern technologies compared to its competitors.[1][2]
The current Mac operating system is macOS, originally named "Mac OS X"
until 2012 and then "OS X" until 2016.[3] Developed between 1997 and 2001
after Apple's purchase of NeXT, Mac OS X brought an entirely new
architecture based on NeXTSTEP, a Unix system, that eliminated many of
the technical challenges that the classic Mac OS faced. The current macOS is
preinstalled with every Mac and is updated annually.[4] It is the basis of
Apple's current system software for its other devices – iOS, watchOS, tvOS,
and audioOS.[5]

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