Operating System
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