operating system

Questions about operating system

What does operating system mean?

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

What is another word for operating system?

Close synonyms include OS. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is operating system a common word?

operating system is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.