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Operating Systems
What is an operating system - a integrated software or a CD-rom or a application software or a system software?
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Wiki User
February 02, 2009 9:25AM
System software (OS), it loads at boot up. Examples are Windows 98, XP, NT, 2000, etc.. http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/O/operating_system.html
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