Operating Systems / OS

Operating Systems are essential computer program to make work computers, mobiles and tablets etc in a certain way. Any computing device needs Operating System for management and productivity.

Operating System (OS), (plural Operating Systems); is a software program to instruct a computing or mobile device to perform a given task in a certain way. It manages between hardware and software resources in a device and add to productivity. Some popular operating systems are Android, BSD, iOS, Linux, OS X, QNX, Microsoft Windows, Windows Phone, and IBM z/OS.

An Operating System may be free for use like Linux Open Source or proprietary and may demand price for use like Windows OS
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