operating system
Example Sentences
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The computing infrastructure that drives the internet, for example, mostly uses the open-source Linux operating system.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Linux, a popular open-source operating system, didn’t win on license terms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Alphabet shares fell 0.5% after the European Union’s top court upheld a $4.69 billion fine against Google in connection with its Android operating system.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
The commission, the EU's antitrust regulator, had accused Google of abusing the popularity of its Android operating system to restrict competition.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
My brain runs on a different operating system from other people’s.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
