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The 36 pages that link to Operating system, each with the reason it gives.

• Personal computerRelated: It connects personal-computer hardware to the programs and interface people use.

• Central processing unitRelated: It schedules programs to use CPU time and manages access to processor resources.

• Application programming interfaceRelated: Operating systems expose APIs for files, processes, devices, and other services.

• Computer scienceBroader topic: It coordinates execution, memory, files, and devices in practical computing systems.

• C (programming language)Narrower topic: C is widely used to implement kernels and system components that need direct control over resources.

• Linux kernelNarrower topic: The Linux kernel is the central component of an operating system, not the entire user-facing system.

• FirmwareCompared with: Firmware starts or supports the platform; the operating system manages it at a higher level.

• UnixNarrower topic: Unix is an operating system with a distinctive interface and design tradition.

• Video game consoleRelated: It coordinates console hardware and provides the environment in which games run.

• Device driverNarrower topic: The operating system issues requests that drivers translate for hardware.

• Web serverRelated: Web server software depends on the operating system for networking and resource access.

• Time-sharingNarrower topic: Time-sharing depends on the operating system to coordinate users, processes, and devices.

• Handheld game consoleRelated: It coordinates the console's hardware and launches games.

• BootloaderNarrower topic: Unlike an operating system, a bootloader prepares the system to start one.

• Runtime systemNarrower topic: The operating system is the broader host layer on which many runtime systems depend.

• Application softwareRelated: Applications rely on its services to access files, memory, devices, and networks.

• BIOSRelated: BIOS initializes the machine so an operating system can take over.

• Process (computing)Narrower topic: The operating system creates, schedules, and manages processes.

• Computer engineeringRelated: It mediates between engineered hardware resources and the software that uses them.

• Thin clientRelated: Even a thin client needs local system software or firmware to connect and display output.

• NVMeRelated: An operating system's NVMe driver translates storage requests into protocol commands.

• Computer hardwareCompared with: It coordinates hardware use through software rather than being a physical component.

• Computer (electronic device)Related: It coordinates hardware access and gives programs a usable environment.

• Computer programRelated: Programs rely on operating-system services to access files, memory, and devices.

• SoftwareBroader topic: An operating system is software that coordinates other software and hardware.

• Software portabilityNarrower topic: Operating systems expose different services and conventions that portable software must accommodate.

• System softwareBroader topic: It coordinates processes, memory, storage, and devices as system software’s central component.

• MicrocomputerRelated: On general-purpose microcomputers, it coordinates programs, memory, and devices.

• Mobile deviceRelated: It coordinates device resources and supplies the platform on which mobile apps run.

• PC gameRelated: A game must support the operating system it runs on.

• Universal Disk FormatRelated: Its UDF implementation determines whether files on a disc can be mounted and used.

• Base (foundation)Related: Applications rely on it as a software foundation.

• Computer clusterRelated: Cluster nodes need operating systems that support networking, workload execution, and administration.

• Computer science and engineeringRelated: Coordinates processors, memory, storage, and devices while applications run.

• History of softwareRelated: Operating systems abstracted hardware control and let applications share a machine.

• Tool (computing)Compared with: An operating system supplies the environment in which many tools run.