Operating System

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administrative rights

permission to make changes on a computer system

administrator account

A collection of information that determines which files you can access and which settings you use

Windows Mobile

A version of the Windows operating system thart runs on smart phones and other types of handheld computers.

Windows Embedded CE

An operating system designed for devices such as digital cameras, security robots, intelligent appliances, gaming devices, GPS, and set-top boxes.

Palm OS

An operating system that runs on Palm handhelds and other third-party devices

Mac OS X

Macintosh's most recently developed OS

UNIX

Operating system developed by AT&T. It is considered portable, meaning it can run on just about any hardware platform.

handheld operating system

Operating system for mobile devices.

operating system (OS)

The system software that controls the way in which a computer system functions, including the management of hardware, peripherals, and software.

system administrator

User who has an administrator account.

driver

a small program that instructs the operating system on how to operate specific hardware

Linux

an open-source version of the UNIX operating system

emulation card

card that provides the ability for the computer to run a program that was designed for a different operating system

file system

determines the way an OS stores files on a disk

embedded operating system

similar in principle to operating systems such as windows or linux, embedded operating systems are smaller and generally less capable than desktop operating systems


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