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 ...

Drivers teach the operating system to interact with each bit of hardware. Graphics cards, sound cards, networking cards, USB peripherals, and everything else you connect to your computer relies on ...

FreeNAS: Enterprise-Grade RAID Support FreeNAS is a very popular home server operating system. While it will work for a simple home server, it's really more geared toward the advanced crowd—to ...

As with all answers in engineering, it depends. As far as network equipment and market share, the Cisco IOS would be the most prevalent network device operating system in the United States presently.

A 64-bit operating system will not work in a 32-bit computer, but a 32-bit operating system will run in a 64-bit computer. See 64-bit computing. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY.