Operating System Basics Operating systems manage and control the basic functions of all computers, including PCs, servers and even smartphones.

Chrome OS is built atop Chrome and adds basic operating system features so it can replace the operating system on the device.

This license, which ultimately created an operating system called AppleSoft BASIC, actually saved Microsoft from near bankruptcy.

A kernel can be defined as the essential center of an operating system. The kernel is the core of an operating system that provides a set of basic services for the other parts of the operating system.

For many, Windows is the only desktop operating system they've ever used. For them, there's a familiarity that makes dealing with the usual troubles associated with Windows (random restarts for ...