Operating system

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operating system

Operating systems provide a software platform on top of which other programs, called application programs, can run. The application programs are usually written to run on top of a particular operating system. Your choice of operating system, therefore, determines to a great extent the applications you can run. For PCs, the most popular operating systems is Windows, but others are available, such as Linux - the subject of this site.

Some notable operating systems:

• AmigaOS
• Atari TOS
• BeOS including Zeta
• Contiki
• CP/M
• Coherent
• DOS, including MS-DOS, DR-DOS and FreeDOS
• Haiku - a BeOS reimplementation
• Mac OS
• MenuetOS
• MikeOS
• Minix
• NetWare
• OS/2
• ReactOS
• RISC OS
• Rosanne
• Syllable
• UNIX, including BSD (NetBSD, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, DragonFlyBSD), Solaris, AIX and HP-UX
• VMS
• Windows