Atlas48/JargonFile
1
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Pull Requests Packages Projects Releases Wiki Activity

Original files version 4.4.7

Browse Source
This commit is contained in:
Bob Mottram
2014-03-27 18:54:56 +00:00
parent c632ed8d67
commit cb847ea893
2578 changed files with 26300 additions and 0 deletions
Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

14
original/html/O/operating-system.html Normal file
View File

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" standalone="no"?>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>operating system</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../O.html" title="O"/><link rel="previous" href="open-switch.html" title="open switch"/><link rel="next" href="operator-headspace.html" title="operator headspace"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">operating system</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="open-switch.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">O</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="operator-headspace.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="operating-system"/><dt xmlns="" id="operating-system"><b>operating system</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [techspeak] (Often abbreviated &#8216;OS&#8217;) The foundation
software of a machine; that which schedules tasks, allocates storage, and
presents a default interface to the user between applications. The
facilities an operating system provides and its general design philosophy
exert an extremely strong influence on programming style and on the
technical cultures that grow up around its host machines. Hacker folklore
has been shaped primarily by the <a href="../U/Unix.html"><i class="glossterm">Unix</i></a>,
<a href="../I/ITS.html"><i class="glossterm">ITS</i></a>, <a href="../T/TOPS-10.html"><i class="glossterm">TOPS-10</i></a>,
<a href="../T/TOPS-20.html"><i class="glossterm">TOPS-20</i></a>/<a href="../T/TWENEX.html"><i class="glossterm">TWENEX</i></a>,
<a href="../W/WAITS.html"><i class="glossterm">WAITS</i></a>, <a href="../C/CP-M.html"><i class="glossterm">CP/M</i></a>,
<a href="../M/MS-DOS.html"><i class="glossterm">MS-DOS</i></a>, and <a href="../M/Multics.html"><i class="glossterm">Multics</i></a> operating
systems (most importantly by ITS and Unix). See also
<a href="../T/timesharing.html"><i class="glossterm">timesharing</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="open-switch.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../O.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="operator-headspace.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">open switch </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> operator headspace</td></tr></table></div></body></html>