An operating system is a collection (or suite) of programs that manages and controls the computer. Operating systems have many functions: A user interface is a program, or suite of programs that ...

Also called an "executive" or "supervisor," an operating system performs the following functions. Job management controls the time and sequence that applications or utilities are run. For example ...

Everyone can name an operating system from a computer or smartphone - but what about a car? Few of us realise that we’ve technically been driving with them since the first electronic control units ...