what is operating system?
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OS is an application which may be a GUI based or CBI. It helps in creating a platform between you and your computer hardware.
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simple answer ... linux ...
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Many OS exist some are...Windows , Linux , Solaris, Mac, 0s/2 , AIX and many other ones.\n\nThe WINDOWS family are: Window 95,98,ME,2000,NT,XP, VISTA e.t.c.\n\nLINUX family are: Redhat, Fedora,Suse,Wazobia e.t.c.
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Operating System Software is the basic foundation software that your PC needs in order to work properly.  Without an operating system the PC wont function.  It can be compared to the human brain, without the brain the body is useless, or so to speak.  I hope thats useful for you...
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MS DOS stands for Microsoft Disk Operating System as was the earliest form of operating system before Windows. It was a collection of tools for using the computer from a prompt unlike Windows.\n\nCommand Prompt is a shell that runs within Windoes and looks for all intents and purposes the same as DOS did, and provides DOS related commands such as directory navigation, file copy and so fourth.
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Yeah.  Its called linux.
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i know how to cook but what does os mean
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operating system,mac , windows , UNIX.\n\nIn computing, a platform describes some sort of framework, either in hardware or software, which allows software to run. Typical platforms include a computer's architecture, operating system, or programming languages and their runtime libraries.
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everything that interprets 1s and 0s into something you can use is an operating system, the difference is the architechture, ex:windows is x86
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A real time operating system is an operating system that has a guaranteed maximum response time to specific inputs. These are usually used in embedded critical systems, such as medical equipment or the fuel injection computer in your car.
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OS settings would be "Operating system settings". An example would be something like how you have your windows XP or your Mac set to defrag or  to scan for problems.\n\nEach part of an "OS" controls a different feature in your computer. They all work together to make it function correctly.
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What operating system are you using?
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Linux is a GUI(Grafical User Interface) version of Unix that contains Icons, Menus, Buttons...ect(Like MS Windows), But Unix has a typing command interface(Like DOS). Both of them has the best Network Managment and Security allover the world.
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I guess many will give you technical answer with definitions and links. but I will try to give you physical meaning of each as you asked for simple explanantion.\n\nWindows: It is an operating system and by operating system means that it is the way to communicate your orders with machine. You ask computer to do something, computer understands it through operating system. Of course many other programs (you cam think programs as your different wishes, orders etc) can ask computer to do something but they all need to working with operating system. Windows is made by microsoft corporation. Since windows screen looks like  many "window", it is called windows.\n\nRAM/ROM: You can think of these as memory just like human brain. You give computer some order, it takes the task to memory and starts working.\n\nPentium 3/4: pentium is a type of processor. Processor mean where your order is executed. Say like kitchen. You ask to cook and in the kitched cooking starts. Now, 3, 4 are just the model numbers. Everyday technology is improving. So, each model comes with more capacity. Pentium 4 can do things faster than pentium 3. So, each modern processor continously increasing its capacity to do things fast. You will often see its speed expressed as GHz(giga hertz). pentium 4 with 2 GHZ will be faster than penium 4 1GHz.\n\nHope you could understand.
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booting = A computer’s automatic start-up routine when it is switched on or reset; the boot program is normally stored on ROM and is responsible for loading the operating system; derived from the saying “picking the system up by its boot-straps”.
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click the start button in the lower left hand corner. Click on run.\nType in winver and press enter, that will give you your exact operating system.\n\nPersonally I think firefox is a better browser anyway though.
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System software is a generic term referring to any computer software whose purpose is to help run the computer system. Most of it is responsible directly for controlling, integrating, and managing the individual hardware components of a computer system.\n\nSystem software is in contrast to application software, which helps solve user problems directly.\n\nSystem software performs tasks like transferring data from memory to disk, or rendering text onto a display. Specific kinds of system software include loading programs, operating systems, device drivers, programming tools, compilers, assemblers, linkers, and utilities.\n\nSoftware libraries that perform generic functions also tend to be regarded as system software, although the dividing line is fuzzy; while a C runtime library is generally agreed to be part of the system, an OpenGL or database library is less obviously so.\n\nSystem software can be stored on non-volatile storage on integrated circuits that is usually termed firmware.