operating system family

C2103 concept

An operating system family is a conceptual grouping of related operating systems that share a common architecture, design principles, and core components, often evolving from a shared codebase or lineage.

Aliases (22)
  • Fedora Linux edition ×3
  • IBM mainframe operating system ×3
  • Unix operating system ×3
  • IBM operating system ×2
  • Macintosh operating system ×2
  • Microsoft Windows family ×2
  • 16-bit operating system ×1
  • BSD operating system ×1
  • CP/M family operating system ×1
  • Classic Mac OS version ×1
  • GNU/Linux distribution ×1
  • Linux distribution variant ×1
  • Mac OS X release ×1
  • Microsoft Windows NT family operating system ×1
  • NetBSD port ×1
  • classic Mac OS release ×1
  • free and open-source operating system ×1
  • operating system environment ×1
  • operating system variant ×1
  • real-time operating system ×1
  • smartphone operating system ×1
  • type system ×1

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