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From Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium
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Concepts
- Kernel [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Process [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Thread [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Deadlock [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Scheduling [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Memory management [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Virtual memory [r]: An important concept in computer science that lets a program use more memory than is physically available for it. [e]
- Input/Output [r]: Add brief definition or description
- File system [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Shell [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Graphic user interface [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Distributed system [r]: Add brief definition or description
List of operating systems
- Microsoft Windows [r]: The name of several families of closed source software operating systems, first released by Microsoft in 1985. [e]
- GNU/Linux [r]: An operating system consisting of the Linux kernel and GNU utilities. [e]
- Unix [r]: A computer operating system originally conceived and developed by a group of researchers as an unofficial project while they were working at AT&T's Bell Laboratories. [e]
- Mac OS X [r]: BSD-based, POSIX-compatible graphical Unix operating system made by Apple for use on Macintosh computers. [e]
- FreeBSD [r]: Add brief definition or description
- NetBSD [r]: Add brief definition or description
- MS DOS [r]: Add brief definition or description
- OS/2 [r]: Add brief definition or description
