Operating system definitions

Number
*NIX 86-DOS
A
Access path ACL Active desktop Active directory Active Window Add or Remove Programs Aero AfterStep AIX Apple DOS Apple menu Aqua ASR Association Autoexec.bat Autoplay
B
Background Balloon Batch file BeOS Black Screen of Death Blue Screen of Death Bourne shell BSD BSOD BOMB Boot sector Boot volume Bootmgr Bootstrap loader Border Button
C
Cab Cacls Cascade CD CE Charms Chevron Child Clipboard Close Command button CLSID Command interpreter Command key Command line Config.sys Control panel Cooperative multitasking CUI Cursor
D
Daemon Desktop Device Manager Dialog box Directory Distribution Distro Disk operating system DLL Documents DOS Double-headed arrow Dr. DOS Drop shadow Dual boot
E
EFS Embedded operating system Enhanced Mode Epoch ERD ESCD Executable file Explorer External command
F
Fatal exception File File manager File menu File name File system Fileset Find Fast Finder Folder Fork Fstype
G
GDI General Protection Fault GNOME Goobuntu GPF Graphic User Interface GUI GUID
H
HAL Hard link HFS Hibernate Hidden files Hierarchical file system
I
IBM DOS Icon Inactive window INF Initial Program Load Inode Install Internal command IOS IPL IRQ holder for PCI steering IRQL
J
Journal Journaling file system
K
KDE Kernel Korn shell
L
Linux LiveCD Load Lock screen Logical device Long file names Longhorn
M
Mac OS Mach kernel Main Maximize Menu Menu bar Menu-driven Microsoft diagnostics Minimize Mnemonic Mouse pointer MS-DOS Msconfig Msinfo32 MUI Multi-user system Multitask My Documents My Computer MVS
N
NEXTSTEP Non-pre-emptive multitasking Non-windows application NOS Notification area NTLDR
O
Object-oriented interface Open Apple key Operating environment Operating system OS/2 OSR2 OSRI
P
Parent PC DOS Plumbing PM PNP Pop-up menu POSIX Power user task menu Preemptive multitasking Prefetch Presentation manager Program and Features Program files Program group Program manager Prompt Push-button
Q
Quick launch
R
ReadyBoost Real-time operating system Recovery console Recycle bin Registry Reinstall Reserved words Resize RTM
S
Sad Mac Safe mode Scroll SE Second edition Separator Service Pack Shared directory Shell Sizing handle Shortcut Slipstreaming Snap SP Spin box SSP Start button Startup application Startup folder Subdirectory Submenu SuperFetch SUID Swap file Symbolic link Sysedit Sysgen System System.ini System 7 System32 System file System folder System information Systray
T
Task Task list Task manager Task switching Taskbar Temporary directory Temporary file Three finger salute Tile Tiling Title bar Toolbar Tooltip TOPS TOS Trash TSR TweakUI Tux
U
Ubuntu Unformatting Uninstall Unix User interface UUID
V
Variant VBR Virtual machine Vista
W
Wallpaper Wfw WGA Widget WIMP Win.com Win.ini Win32 Win3x Win9x Window Windows Windows 2000 Windows 2k Windows 3.0 Windows 3.1 Windows 3.11 Windows 3.x Windows 7 Windows 8 Windows 95 Windows 95B Windows 98 Windows 9x Windows Aero Windows Azure Windows CE Windows DOS session Windows for Workgroups Windows for Workgroups 3.1 Windows for Workgroups 3.11 Windows key Windows ME Windows NT Windows PE Windows Registry Windows RT Windows store Windows Theme Windows Vista Windows XP Wine Winoldap Winpopup WinSE Workplace shell WOW
X
X-Window XENIX XP XPM
Y
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Z
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