operating system

Summary

operating system is a software category^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.76% of software_category entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,999 views/month, #2 of 263).^[2]

Key Facts

• operating system's instance of is recorded as software category^[3].
• operating system's follows is recorded as kernel^[4].
• operating system's GND ID is recorded as 4006216-8^[5].
• operating system's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85094982^[6].
• operating system's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 119333481^[7].
• operating system's subclass of is recorded as system software^[8].
• operating system's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00865121^[9].
• operating system's part of is recorded as computing platform^[10].
• operating system's Commons category is recorded as Operating systems^[11].
• operating system's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 6140^[12].
• operating system's has part is recorded as kernel^[13].
• operating system's has part is recorded as file system^[14].
• operating system's has part is recorded as memory manager^[15].
• operating system's has part is recorded as scheduling^[16].
• operating system's has part is recorded as access control^[17].
• operating system's has part is recorded as window manager^[18].
• operating system's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05khh^[19].
• operating system's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph115593^[20].
• operating system's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Operating systems^[21].
• operating system's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300235851^[22].
• operating system's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 005.43^[23].
• operating system's PSH ID is recorded as 12499^[24].
• operating system's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Operating systems^[25].
• operating system's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 487336^[26].
• operating system's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0142997^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for operating system include OS-tan^[28], a fictional group of characters^[29]; visionOS^[30], an it^[31], in United States^[32], founded in 2024^[33]; and Collapse OS^[34], a free it^[35].

Why It Matters

operating system ranks in the top 0.76% of software_category entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,999 views/month, #2 of 263).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[36] It is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]

Entities named for it include OS-tan^[28], a fictional group of characters^[29]; visionOS^[30], an it^[31], in United States^[32], founded in 2024^[33]; and Collapse OS^[34], a free it^[35].