Operating system terms Updated: 07/06/2021 by Computer Hope 0-9ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Operating systems - Software terms Top 10 operating system terms Graphic User Interface My Computer Windows key Windows 10 Operating system Windows Temporary file Start Command key Desktop Number .. ./ /? 8.3 format 86-DOS A Absolute path Access path ACL Action Center Active desktop Active directory Active Window Add or Remove Programs Add/Remove Programs Administrator rights Aero Aero Peek Aewm AfterStep AIX Allocate Alpine Linux Andrew file system Android Android Auto Android File Transfer Android launcher Android Open Source Project Android TV APK App commands Apple DOS Apple menu Aqua Arch Linux AROS Research Operating System ASR Association Atime Attribute Autoexec.bat Autoplay B BackBox Background Balloon Bar Bare metal Batch file Batch job BeOS Bin BlackBerry 10 BlackBerry OS BlackBerry Tablet OS Black Screen of Death Bleachbit Blue Screen of Death BOMB Boot code Boot device Boot manager Bootmgr Boot sector Bootstrap loader Boot volume Border Bourne shell Briefcase BSD BSOD Btrfs Builtin command Button C Cab Cacls Caldera Linux Caldera OpenLinux Cascade CD CE CentOS Charms Chdir Chevron Child Cinnamon Clipboard Close CLSID Cmd Cmdcons Cmdlet Command button Command interpreter Command key Command line Command prompt Computer management Concurrent user Config.sys Control panel Cooperative multitasking Copy-on-write Corel Linux Creators update Cron Cross-platform Crunchbang Linux .cshrc Ctime CTTY CUI Current directory Cursor D Daemon Dark mode DART Debian Default user Delpart Desktop Desktop environment Device Manager Device name Df Dialog box Dir Directory Disk Cleanup Disk operating system Dismount Distribution Distro DLL Documents DOS DOS mode Dot slash Double-headed arrow Dpkg Dragonfly BSD Dr. DOS Drive letter Drop-down menu Drop shadow DSL Dual boot DWM E E EFS Embedded Linux Embedded operating system End process End Task Enhanced Mode Environment Environment variable Epoch ERD ESCD Essential Home Event viewer Executable file ExFAT Explorer Extension External command External icon F Fatal exception Fedora Linux File File attributes File descriptor File extension File fragmentation File handle File layout File maintenance File manager File menu File name File not found Fileset File system Filesystem Hierarchy Standard Find Finder Find Fast Finger Fire OS FNODE Folder Force quit Foreground Fork FREAX Free Fstype Fuchsia Fuduntu G Garnet OS GDI General Protection Fault Gentoo GhostBSD GNOME GNU Hurd Goobuntu GPF Graphic User Interface GRUB GUI GUID H HAL Hard link HCL HFS Hibernate Hidden Hidden files Hierarchical file system HP-UX I IBM DOS ICCCM Icon Id Idle time Illegal command Illegal operation Illumos Inactive window INF INIT Initial Program Load Inode Input language Install Internal command Invalid page fault IOS iPadOS IPF IPL IRIX IRQ holder for PCI steering IRQL ISIS J Jini Journal Journaling file system Jump List Junction K KaiOS KDE Kernel Kernel panic Kill Kiosk mode Kondara Linux Korn shell Kubuntu Kvm Kylin L Light bar LILO Linpus Linux Linux Linux kernel List box LiveCD Live Taskbar Preview Live wallpaper LKGC Load Lock screen Logical device Login script Long file names Longhorn Loop device Lubuntu LXDE Lynx M Mach kernel macOS MacPup Mageia Linux Main MakuluLinux Mandrake Linux Mandriva Linux MATE MAXFUNIX Maximize Menu Menu bar Menu-driven Microkernel Microsoft diagnostics Microsoft Signature Edition PC Minimize MINIX Mint Linux Mnemonic Modal window Motif Mount Mountain Lion Mouse pointer Msconfig MS-DOS Msinfo32 Mtime MUI Multitask Multithread Multi-user system MVS My Computer My Documents My Pictures N NEXTSTEP *NIX Non-pre-emptive multitasking Non-windows application NOS Notification Notification area NTLDR O Object-oriented interface Ok OLE One UI Open Apple key Openbox OpenBSD OpenZFS Operating environment Operating system OS/2 OSF OSR2 OSRI OxygenOS P Palm OS Parent PC DOS PCLinuxOS Peek Permission PicPick PID Pisetup PlayOnLinux Play To Plop Plumbing PM PNP Pop-up menu POSIX PowerShell PowerToys Power user task menu Powerwash Preemptive multitasking Prefetch PrefetchW Presentation manager Program and Features Program files Program group Program manager Prompt ProteanOS Puppy Linux Push-button Pwd Q QNX Quick launch R Raspbian ReactOS ReadyBoost Real-time operating system Recovery console Recycle bin Red Hat Linux ReFS Registry Regular file Reinstall Reserved words Resize Restore point RTM Run level Runtime error S Sad Mac Safe mode Samsung Knox SCOM SCO UNIX Screen Time Scroll SE Second edition Send to Separator Server virtualization Service Pack Sh Shake Shared directory Shelf Shell Shift Shortcut Shutdown Sidebar Sizing handle Skeuomorphism Slackware Linux Slipstreaming Snap Solaris SP SparkyLinux Special file Speed bump Spin box SSP Start Start menu Startup Startup application Startup folder Startup group Stderr Stdout Stock Android Subdirectory Submenu SUID SuperFetch SUSE Linux Swap file Symbolic link Sysedit Sysgen System System 7 System32 System call System component System file System folder System information System.ini System Properties Systray T Task Taskbar Task list Task manager Task switching Task view Temporary directory Temporary file Three dots Three finger salute Tile Tiling Time Machine Time-slice Title bar Toolbar Tooltip TOPS TOS Trash Trisquel Tru64 TSR Turbolinux Tux TweakUI U Ubuntu Ubuntu Kylin Ubuntu Touch UI ULTRIX UNetbootin Unformatting Uninstall Unix Unix Domain Socket Unix-like UnixWare Unmount Unusable file User User interface User profile %USERPROFILE% User Space User State Migration Tool USMT Usr UUID V Variant VBR VcXsrv VectorLinux Virtual desktop Virtual keyboard Virtual machine Vista VMS W WAIK Wallpaper Warm boot Wayland Wear OS WebOS WEI Wfw WGA Widget WIMP Win3x Win9x Win32 Win.com Window Windowed mode Windows Windows 2 k Windows 3.0 Windows 3.1 Windows 3.11 Windows 3.x Windows 7 Windows 8 Windows 9x Windows 10 Windows 10 April 2018 Update Windows 11 Windows 95 Windows 95B Windows 98 Windows 2000 Windows Aero Windows Azure Windows-based program Windows CE Windows DOS session Windows for Workgroups Windows for Workgroups 3.1 Windows for Workgroups 3.11 Windows insider Windows key Windows ME Windows minidump Windows NT Windows PE Windows Recovery Environment Windows Registry Windows Remote Assistant Windows RT Windows Search box Windows store Windows Terminal Windows Theme Windows Update Windows Vista Windows XP Wine WinHTTP Win.ini Winoldap Winpopup WinSE WinSxS Workplace shell WOW WSUS WTMP Wubi X XENIX Xfce Xinetd XP XP2 XPM XQuartz XUbuntu X Window Y Yosemite Z ZFS Zorin z/OS Back to the computer dictionary
