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C is not an operating system, but a programming language.

An OS is a piece of software that sits between other software and hardware, facilitating communication between applications and devices, in an uniform way.

A programming language is a set of rules, like the English grammar. Any text that satisfies the rules can be compiled, resulting in a piece of software that can then be run in an OS.

C is such a programming language, popular for systems and other low level programming. It is notorious for its portability (you can write code in C and compile it for many OS's), flexibility and degree of control offered to programmer. Also notable is the fact that many OS's are originally written in C or it's off-shoot C++.

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