Operating System [OS] - International Association for Human Resource Information Management

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The software that tells a computer how to run its most basic functions and how to interpret user commands. For example; Windows is the operating system for PCs and Macintosh is the operating system for Apple Computers. In mobile devices, operating systems are most typically Android or, for Apple products, iOS.

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Glossary: Service-Oriented Architecture [SOA]
An application architecture in which all functions, or services, are defined using a description language and have invokable interfaces that are called to perform business processes. SOA provides a strategic capability for integrating business processes, data, and organizational knowledge. Because interfaces are platform-independent, a client from any device using any operating system in any language can use the service.

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