A "Tasking" Operating System
The operating system is that expert software that allows the computer operator to feed in instructions to the computer. It governs how the installed software will run.
Most operating systems native to the computer system allows users to communicate with the computer system
Safari is not an "Operating System". It is a web browser - an application or program which allows you to view information on the world wide web.
A single program operating system allows only one program to run at a time.
The operating system communicates to the computer hardware using the GUI program.
The operating system is that expert software that allows the computer operator to feed in instructions to the computer. It governs how the installed software will run.
Most operating systems native to the computer system allows users to communicate with the computer system
Safari is not an "Operating System". It is a web browser - an application or program which allows you to view information on the world wide web.
A single program operating system allows only one program to run at a time.
Most operating systems native to the computer system allows users to communicate with the computer system
The operating system communicates to the computer hardware using the GUI program.
The operating system
It's blurred (intentionally, by Microsoft). An operating system is the program that allows the computer to communicate with all its parts. Windows is a GUI (graphic user interface) that "allows" humans to operate a computer. Believe it or not, under the pretty pictures, (and that long pause after you turn it on), your computer is still running DOS (or MSDOS : Microsoft disk operating system)
That program is called the Operating System.
An operating system runs common services for computer programs and manages the computer hardware resources. An operating system is necessary to run application programs.
the operating system.
An operating system (OS) operates and runs your computer e.g. Windows, Mac, Linux, Solaris etc...