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English noun: operating system

1. operating system (communication) (computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services


SynonymsOS


Broader (hypernym)computer software, package, software, software package, software program, software system


Narrower (hyponym)disk operating system, DOS, UNIX, UNIX operating system, UNIX system, Windows


Part holonymexecutive program, supervisor, supervisory program


Part meronymplatform


Domain categorycomputer science, computing









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