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Chrome OS
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Google Chrome OS is a Linux-based operating system designed by Google to work primarily with web applications.
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Driver
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Small program that tells an operating system how to communicate with a specific device.
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Linux
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Popular, multitasking UNIX-type operating system
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Mac OS X
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Multitasking operating system that is the latest version of the Macintosh operating system
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Network operating system
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Operating system that organizes and coordinates how multiple users access and share resources on a network
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Operating system (OS)
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Set of programs containing instructions that work together to coordinate all the activities among computer hardware devices.
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Performance monitor
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Operating system program that assesses and reports information about various computer resources and devices.
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Plug and Play
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Technology that gives a computer the capability to configure adapter cards and other peripherals automatically as a user installs them.
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UNIX
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Multitasking operating system that now is available for most computers of all sizes.
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User interface
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The portion of software that defines how a user interacts with a computer, including how the user enters data and instructions and how information is displayed on the screen.
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Virtual memory
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A portion of a storage medium, usually the hard disk, that the operating system allocates to function as additional RAM.
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