An Operating System is computer code (or software) that controls the computer hardware and performs the basic functions that allow the computer's software to work with the hardware. For example, you may have a program that writes to a floppy disk. The program executes (or "calls") some software within the operating system which actually does the writing to the floppy. Some examples of operating systems are Linux, Windows2000, MS-DOS, Novell, and Solaris.

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