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Operating Systems
Software
The layer that manages hardware on every program's behalf.
Operating Systems — The layer that manages hardware on every program's behalf.
This entry is a stub. It will be written out in full when a Chromix article calls for it. What belongs here: what Operating Systems actually did, why it mattered at the time, and what it made possible afterwards — each claim carrying its own source.
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