OS

Abbreviation for Operating System

A good list of popular Operating Systems are listed here (taken from "www.bellevuelinux.org"):
AIX
Amiga
BeOS
Darwin
FreeBSD
FreeDOS
GNU/Hurd
HP-UX
IRIX
JavaOS
Linux
Mac OS X
Microsoft Windows
MINIX
MS-DOS
NetBSD
OpenBSD
Palm OS
QNX
SkyOS
Solaris
TRON
Tru64

An operating system is the main software that runs a computer, without an operating system a computer is almost useless.

There is no best operating system, they all have their advantages/disadvantages and were all developed with some kind of goal in mind.

1: All the company's servers used Unix (OS), but now they use Linux (OS).

2: George had a quadruple boot with multiple OSs running on his PC, it ran Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate, Mac OS X Leopard, and two flavors of Linux.

by Klienmahn December 2, 2007

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Get the OSmug.

Osely

Beauty on the outside just like on the inside

That girl is osely

by glorious torture May 13, 2021

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Get the Oselymug.

os

the opposite of so. when a conversation dies, instead of saying so, say os. it will jump the conversation to a new level to keep the flow.

...dead silence.

os.

What ? Os ?

Yeah the opposite of so,.....proceed from here

by Will Hamilton March 10, 2004

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Get the osmug.

os²

os² is the smaller version of the words oh shit son, or oshtson

n00b1:yo man that guy just got a headshot with a shotty
n00b2: os²

by dipsert June 27, 2006

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Get the os²mug.

Ose

A term used to describe the blackest man alive, it is often used in a positive connotation, used in describing someone with three male genitalia, dark skin, an eight pack, large biceps, and a handsome face as the blackest man alive or an 'OG' this individual is often known for his excellence with women or men, depending on his/her interests

Man 1: Now that guy is an Ose
Man 2: don't make me hit you

by Machomaney June 14, 2016

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