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History of operating systems

History of operating systems

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The history of computer operating systems recapitulates to a degree the recent history of computer hardware.

Operating systems (OSes) provide a set of functions needed and used by most application-programs on a computer, and the necessary linkages for the control and synchronization of the computer's hardware. On the first computers, without an operating system, every program needed the full hardware specification to run correctly and perform standard tasks, and its own drivers for peripheral devices like printers and card-readers. The growing complexity of hardware and application-programs eventually made operating systems a necessity.

History of computing
Hardware before 1960
Hardware 1960s to present
Hardware in Soviet Bloc countries

Artificial intelligence
Computer science
Operating systems
Programming languages
Software engineering

Graphical user interface
Internet
Personal computers
Laptops
Video games
World Wide Web

Timeline of computing



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