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os [n]
 
1)a mouth or mouthlike opening
    Synonyms :
    See Also: opening 
 
2)a hard brittle blue-gray or blue-black metallic element that is one of the platinum metals; the heaviest metal known
    Synonyms :atomic_number_76 osmium 
    See Also: metal 
 
3)(computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services
    Synonyms :operating_system 
    See Also: package  platform  computer_science  disk_operating_system  unix  executive_program 
 
4)the left eye
    Synonyms :oculus_sinister 
    See Also: eye 
 
5)rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
    Synonyms :bone 
    See Also: connective_tissue  endoskeleton  horn  furcula  splint_bone  fetter_bone  cannon_bone  fishbone  anklebone  bare_bone  cuboid_bone  carpal  cartilage_bone  centrum  cheekbone  clavicle  coccyx  dentin  ethmoid  calcaneus  hipbone  hyoid  ilium  ischial_bone  long_bone  ramus  membrane_bone  metacarpal  metatarsal  nasal  bonelet  os_palatinum  phalanx  os_pubis  costa  round_bone  sacrum  scapula  os_sesamoideum  os_breve  socket  os_sphenoidale  breastbone  corpus_sternum  manubrium  xiphoid_process  tarsal  os_temporale  tooth  turbinal  tympanic_bone  vertebra  arcus_zygomaticus  bone_marrow  collagen  modiolus  lamella  lacrimal_bone  bone_cell  condyle  coronoid_process  skull  calvaria  braincase  occiput  sinciput  jaw  ground_substance  vomer  sutural_bone  marrowbone  bone 
 

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

1. operating system.

2. [obsolete, ITS], an output spy. See "OS and JEDGAR".

3. An operating system from IBM for their System/360 line of hardware announced in 1964. OS was planned with several flavours that were supposed to be compatible. OS was late, memory hungry and not able to reach the marketing objectives of IBM for the 360/30, the planned successor of the IBM 1401. IBM then decided to design a new operating system for the low end machines which they called DOS/360.

[Jargon File]

(1997-09-22)



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