English noun: operating system |
1. | operating system (communication) (computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services |
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| Synonyms | OS |
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| Broader (hypernym) | computer software, package, software, software package, software program, software system |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | disk operating system, DOS, UNIX, UNIX operating system, UNIX system, Windows |
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| Part holonym | executive program, supervisor, supervisory program |
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| Part meronym | platform |
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| Domain category | computer science, computing |
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