Operating systems Quick links Operating System ABCs Operating System types Operating System overviews Troubleshooting Operating System Q&A Operating System definitions Apple news Linux and Unix news Microsoft news Operating system ABCs An operating system, or OS, is a software program that enables the computer hardware to communicate and operate with the computer software. Without a computer operating system, a computer would be useless. Operating system types As computers have progressed and developed so have the operating systems. Below is a basic list of the different operating systems and a few examples of operating systems that fall into each of the categories. Many computer operating systems will fall into more than one of the below categories. GUI - Short for Graphical User Interface, a GUI Operating System contains graphics and icons and is commonly navigated by using a computer mouse. See the GUI definition for a complete definition. Below are some examples of GUI Operating Systems. System 7.x Windows 98 Windows CE Multi-user - A multi-user operating system allows for multiple users to use the same computer at the same time and different times. See the multi-user definition for a complete definition for a complete definition. Below are some examples of multi-user operating systems. Linux Unix Windows 2000 Multiprocessing - An operating system capable of supporting and utilizing more than one computer processor. Below are some examples of multiprocessing operating systems. Linux Unix Windows 2000 Multitasking - An operating system that is capable of allowing multiple software processes to run at the same time. Below are some examples of multitasking operating systems. Unix Windows 2000 Multithreading - Operating systems that allow different parts of a software program to run concurrently. Operating systems that would fall into this category are: Linux Unix Windows 2000 Troubleshooting Common questions and answers to operating systems in general can be found on the below operating system question and answers. All other questions relating to an operating system in particular can be found through the operating system page. Linux and Variants MacOSMS-DOS IBM OS/2 Warp Unix and Variants Windows CE Windows 3.x Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows 98 SE Windows ME Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 Operating system listing Below is a listing of many of the different operating systems available today, the dates they were released, the platforms they have been developed for and who developed them. Operating system Date first released Platform Developer AIX and AIXL Unix and Linux history. Various IBM AmigaOS Currently no AmigaOS history. Amiga Commodore BSD Unix and Linux history. Various BSD Caldera Linux Unix and Linux history. Various SCO Corel Linux Unix and Linux history. Various Corel Debian Linux Unix and Linux history. Various GNU DUnix Unix and Linux history. Various Digital DYNIX/ptx Unix and Linux history. Various IBM HP-UX Unix and Linux history. Various Hewlett Packard IRIX Unix and Linux history. Various SGI Kondara Linux Unix and Linux history. Various Kondara Linux Unix and Linux history. Various Linus Torvalds MAC OS 8 Apple operating system history. Apple Macintosh Apple MAC OS 9 Apple operating system history. Apple Macintosh Apple MAC OS 10 Apple operating system history. Apple Macintosh Apple MAC OS X Apple operating system history. Apple Macintosh Apple Mandrake Linux Unix and Linux history. Various Mandrake MINIX Unix and Linux history. Various MINIX MS-DOS 1.x MS-DOS history. IBM Microsoft MS-DOS 2.x MS-DOS history. IBM Microsoft MS-DOS 3.x MS-DOS history. IBM Microsoft MS-DOS 4.x MS-DOS history. IBM Microsoft MS-DOS 5.x MS-DOS history. IBM Microsoft MS-DOS 6.x MS-DOS history. IBM Microsoft NEXTSTEP Apple operating system history. Various Apple OSF/1 Unix and Linux history. Various OSF QNX Unix and Linux history. Various QNX Red Hat Linux Unix and Linux history. Various Red Hat SCO Unix and Linux history. Various SCO Slackware Linux Unix and Linux history. Various Slackware Sun Solaris Unix and Linux history. Various Sun SuSE Linux Unix and Linux history. Various SuSE System 1 Apple operating system history. Apple Macintosh Apple System 2 Apple operating system history. Apple Macintosh Apple System 3 Apple operating system history. Apple Macintosh Apple System 4 Apple operating system history. Apple Macintosh Apple System 6 Apple operating system history. Apple Macintosh Apple System 7 Apple operating system history. Apple Macintosh Apple System V Unix and Linux history. Various System V Tru64 Unix Unix and Linux history. Various Digital Turbolinux Unix and Linux history. Various Turbolinux Ultrix Unix and Linux history. Various Ultrix Unisys Unix and Linux history. Various Unisys Unix Unix and Linux history. Various Bell labs UnixWare Unix and Linux history. Various UnixWare VectorLinux Unix and Linux history. Various VectorLinux Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows history. IBM Microsoft Windows 2003 Microsoft Windows history. IBM Microsoft Windows 3.X Microsoft Windows history. IBM Microsoft Windows 8 Microsoft Windows history. IBM Microsoft Windows 7 Microsoft Windows history. IBM Microsoft Windows 95 Microsoft Windows history. IBM Microsoft Windows 98 Microsoft Windows history. IBM Microsoft Windows CE Microsoft Windows history. PDA Microsoft Windows ME Microsoft Windows history. IBM Microsoft Windows NT Microsoft Windows history. IBM Microsoft Windows Vista Microsoft Windows history. IBM Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows history. IBM Microsoft Xenix Unix and Linux history. Various Microsoft
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