What is an Operating System?

Published: Aug. 17, 2020, 1:04 a.m.

While some software programs are applications, other types of software programs are called operating systems. An operating system is a software program that manages other software programs when they want to use the hardware. It's like a traffic cop at a busy intersection with a broken signal.

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