OS - operating system

Abbreviation:	OS
Definition:	operating system - also O/S , Oper Syst and OPSYS
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Unconfirmed Type:	Acronym or Initialism

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• LAN - Local Area Network 
• FTP - File Transfer Protocol 
• CPU - Central Processing Unit 
• IP - Internet Protocol 
• IRC - Internet Relay Chat 
• FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions 
• ISP - Internet Service Provider 
• TCP - Transmission Control Protocol 
• PC - Personal Computer 
• IETF - Internet Engineering Task Force 
• WWW - World Wide Web 
• POTS - Plain Old Telephone Service 
• FYI - For Your Information 
• I/O - Input/Output 
• KISS - Keep It Simple, Stupid 
• WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get 
• SNMP - Simple Network Management Protocol 
• OSPF - Open Shortest Path First 
• RAM - Random Access Memory 
• BGP - Border Gateway Protocol 
• DMA - Direct Memory Access 
• OEM - Original Equipment Manufacturer 
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• RFC - Request for Comments 
• PDA - Personal Digital Assistant 
• IDS - Intrusion Detection System 
• WAN - Wide Area Network 
• ASAP - as soon as possible 
• EOM - End of Message 
• PPP - Point-to-Point Protocol 

Relevant Links

• HowStuffWorks "How Operating Systems Work"
  The operating system controls your computer
  detailswww.howstuffworks.com/operating-system.htm
• os — Miscellaneous operating system interfaces — Python v2.6.1 ...
  detailsdocs.python.org/library/os.html#os-process
• Operating Systems
  detailswww.personal.kent.edu/~rmuhamma/OpSystems/os.html
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  Your portal to z/OS information. Learn the latest about z/OS, the highly secure, scalable, high-performance enterprise operating system. Fin…
  detailswww-03.ibm.com/systems/z/os/zos/
• Free Operating systems and commercial operating systems
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  detailswww.freebyte.com/operatingsystems/
• OS/2 Operating System
  OS/2 Operating System - Much informations about operating systems with screenshots, version informations and details about the developers.
  detailswww.operating-system.org/betriebssystem/_english/bs-os2.htm
• Popular operating systems list, by The Linux Information Project (LINFO)
  detailswww.linfo.org/operating_systems_list.html

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