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operating system

[op-uh-rey-ting sis-tuhm] / ˈɒp ə reɪ tɪŋ ˌsɪs təm /


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As it scales its business-to-business operating system, Zalando also said its software unit Scayle expanded in the U.S. and secured a partnership with jeans-maker Levi Strauss.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

The case claims the shop built into the PlayStation's operating system was designed to make players a "captive class".

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

Their Android-based operating system offers users centralised settings designed to control access to their data, with a selectable security level on a scale of one to five.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

On top of the 699-euro phone, Punkt requires a 10-euro monthly subscription after one year of use, which the company says covers the costs of the operating system.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

Then he would come out of it, and the two would go out to dinner, then plunge into writing some program or into a long battle over which operating system was superior.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz