Operating System (OS)

Is a system software that manages

computer hardware and software
resources and provides common services
for computer programs
 mac OS
Formerly Mac OS X” later “OS X” is a line of
open core graphical operating systems
developed, marketed and sold by Apple
Inc.
 Linux
The Linux kernel originated in 1991 as a
project of Linus Torvalds, while University
in Finland.
 Microsoft Windows
Is a family of proprietary operating system designed by
Microsoft Corporation and primarily targeted to intel
architecture based computers, with an estimated 88.0
percent total usage share on Web connected computers
 Windows 95
Was released in year 1995 which only used MS-DOS as a
bootstrap
 Windows 98
Is a graphical Operating system developed by Microsoft
as a part of its Windows 9x family Operating System. It is
the successors to windows 95 and was released for
manufacturing on May 15, 1998 and to retail on June
25,1998
 Windows ME
Was released in year 2000..
 Windows XP
Is a personal Operating system produced by Microsoft as
a part of windows NT family of Operating System. It was
released on manufacturing on August 24, 2001 and
broadly released for retail sale on October 25,2001
 Windows Vista
Is a personal computer operating system that produced
by Microsoft. The development was completed in year
2006 ang it was released worldwide.
 Windows 7
Is a personal computer operating system that produced
by Microsoft as a part of windows NT family of
Operating System. It was released on manufacturing on
July 22, 2009 and became generally available on October
22, 2009
 Windows 8
Is a personal computer operating system that produced
by Microsoft as a part of windows NT family of
Operating System. It was released on manufacturing on
August 1 , 2012 and became generally available on
October 26, 2012
 Windows 8.1
Is a personal computer operating system that produced
by Microsoft as a part of windows NT family of
Operating System. It was released on manufacturing on
August 27 , 2013 and became generally available on
October 17, 2012
 Windows 10
Is a personal computer operating system that produced
by Microsoft as a part of windows NT family of
Operating System. It is the successor to windows 8.1 It
was released on manufacturing on July 15 , 2015 and
became generally available on July 29, 2015
 Windows 10
Is a personal computer operating system that produced
by Microsoft as a part of windows NT family of
Operating System. It is the successor to windows 8.1 It
was released on manufacturing on July 15 , 2015 and
became generally available on July 29, 2015