An operating system is the foundation of any computing system, controlling the input and output of data and ensuring that different programs and devices work together effectively. Examples of ...

Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Doretha Clemons, Ph.D., MBA, PMP, has been a ...

If you've been using a personal computer for long enough, you've probably made a habit of interchangeably referring to the applications on your hard drive as programs or software. Both terms have been ...

Embedded system developers have a wide range of operating systems available to them today. Of course, the most straightforward operating system is to have no operating system! However, many systems ...

Your computer has an operating system, or OS. You may be using Microsoft Windows, Apple’s desktop Mac OS X, some variant distribution of Linux such as Ubuntu, Debian or OpenSUSE… or you may be mostly ...

Open-source software is giving rise to emerging breeds of quasi-commercial, prosthetic, and industrial robots. Robot Operating System (ROS) software — a suite of software libraries that help ...

Chances are that one or more of your consumer products uses the Linux operating system. In order to find out, you’ll have to look at the fine print. Manufacturers do not openly advertise with labels ...

When we talk about computers -- PCs, smartphones, cars -- we generally assume that there's just one operating system: A single, monolithic piece of software that manages each individual piece of ...

Modern PCs, tablets and smartphones have an easy-to-use, graphical veneer that hides the complexity of the operating system software beneath that enables them work. While the developers of your device ...

When someone buys a new smartphone, often they're preoccupied with the camera specs or the size of the screen or its storage capabilities. It's easy to overlook one of the most foundational aspects of ...

The long-elusive Holy Grail of desktop computing has been the ability to provide IT management with the centralized control it needs to improve security and drive down technology costs without ...