What's OPERATING SYSTEM?

Operating System Interview Questions and Answers

What's OPERATING SYSTEM?

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.

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