What’s An Operating System? – Elf Knows It [ARCHIVED]
An operating system is the software, or collection of software, that makes the use of a computer for the user possible. Most people will just think an operating system is another name for Windows. But Windows is actually just one type of operating system:
The most common operating systems that are in use today would be:
- Windows
This is built mainly for business and home computing. - Linux
A free Unix
style operating system originally created by Linus Torvalds with the
assistance of developers around the world. This operating system is
becoming very poplar with networking professionals. Software
applications are widely available and are often free. Linux is also
starting to develop a liking by advance home users as an alternative to
Windows operating systems. - Mac OS
Name of operating system used by Macintosh computers. Originally, the Macintosh operating systems were called System x.xx (x represented the version numbers). System is no longer used since the release of Mac OS 8.
