Photo:Courtesy of Anhui Quantum Computing Engineering Research Center China's first domestically developed quantum computer operating system, Origin Pilot, has been made available for online download, ...

The computer's master control program. When a computer is turned on, a small "boot program" loads the operating system. Although additional system modules may be loaded as needed, the main part, known ...

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Today’s operating systems are more sophisticated and feature-rich than ever before, which makes them substantially more useful to the enterprise but also adds to security vulnerability—unless the ...

Today’s operating systems are conceptually upside-down. They developed the hard way, gradually struggling upwards from the machinery (processors, memory, disks and displays) toward the user. In the ...

Over 20 years ago, I was a managing editor for a company and was charged with building Linux content for the site. At some point during that gig, I was told that I had to use Microsoft Windows and a ...

The Strangest Operating Systems Ever Released Windows, macOS, and Linux may dominate the world of home computing, but hobbyists have churned out some truly niche operating systems. Here are some of ...

Various versions of Microsoft's Windows operating system have existed since the 1980s. While the operating system got its start on personal computers, today, versions of Windows are available for a ...