operating system

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɒpəˌɹeɪtɪŋ ˌsɪstəm/
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• General-American: ŏp′ə-rāt'ĭng sĭs'təm
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• General-American: /ˈɑpəˌɹeɪtɪŋ ˌsɪstəm/
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From operating + system. First use appears c. the 1950s.

111 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: bedryfstelsel — software which controls the computer
• Albanian: sistem operativ — software which controls the computer
• Arabic: نِظَام تَشْغِيل (niẓām tašḡīl) — software which controls the computer
• Armenian: օպերացիոն համակարգ (ōperacʻion hamakarg) — software which controls the computer
• Asturian: sistema operativu — software which controls the computer
• Azerbaijani: əməliyyat sistemi — software which controls the computer
• Bangala: পরিচালন সিস্টেম — software which controls the computer
• Basque: sistema eragile — software which controls the computer
• Belarusian: аперацы́йная сістэ́ма (apjeracýjnaja sistéma) — software which controls the computer
• Belarusian: апэрацы́йная сыстэ́ма (aperacýjnaja systéma) — software which controls the computer
• Bengali: অপারেটিং সিস্টেম (opareṭiṅ śisṭem) — software which controls the computer
• Bulgarian: операцио́нна систе́ма (operaciónna sistéma) — software which controls the computer
• Burmese: စက်မောင်းစနစ် (cakmaung:ca.nac) — software which controls the computer
• Burmese: အော်ပရေးတင်းစစ်စတမ် (aupa.re:tang:cacca.tam) — software which controls the computer
• Carpathian Rusyn: операчна сістема (operačna sistema) — software which controls the computer
• Catalan: sistema operatiu — software which controls the computer
• Chinese Cantonese: 作業系統 /作业系统 (zok3 jip6 hai6 tung2) — software which controls the computer
• Chinese Cantonese: 操作系統 /操作系统 (cou1 zok3 hai6 tung2) — software which controls the computer
• Chinese: 操作系統 /操作系统 (chok-gia̍p hē-thóng) — software which controls the computer
• Chinese Mandarin: 操作系統 /操作系统 (cāozuò xìtǒng) — software which controls the computer
• Chinese Mandarin: 作業系統 /作业系统 (zuòyè xìtǒng) — software which controls the computer
• Czech: operační systém — software which controls the computer
• Danish: styresystem — software which controls the computer
• Danish: operativsystem — software which controls the computer
• Dutch: besturingssysteem — software which controls the computer
• Esperanto: operaciumo — software which controls the computer
• Estonian: operatsioonisüsteem — software which controls the computer
• Finnish: käyttöjärjestelmä — software which controls the computer
• French: système d’exploitation — software which controls the computer
• Galician: sistema operativo — software which controls the computer
• Georgian: ოპერაციული სისტემა (oṗeraciuli sisṭema) — software which controls the computer
• German: Betriebssystem — software which controls the computer
• Greek: λειτουργικό σύστημα (leitourgikó sýstima) — software which controls the computer
• Haitian Creole: sistèm operasyon — software which controls the computer
• Hebrew: מַעֲרֶכֶת הַפְעָלָה (ma'arékhet haf'alá) — software which controls the computer
• Hindi: प्रचालन तंत्र (pracālan tantra) — software which controls the computer
• Hindi: ऑपरेटिंग सिस्टम (ŏpreṭiṅg sisṭam) — software which controls the computer
• Hungarian: operációs rendszer — software which controls the computer
• Icelandic: stýrikerfi — software which controls the computer
• Icelandic: stjórnkerfi — software which controls the computer
• Ido: operaco-sistemo — software which controls the computer
• Indonesian: sistem operasi — software which controls the computer
• Indonesian: sistem operasional — software which controls the computer
• Indonesian: sistem pengoperasian — software which controls the computer
• Interlingua: systema de operation — software which controls the computer
• Irish: córas oibriúcháin — software which controls the computer
• Italian: sistema operativo — software which controls the computer
• Japanese: オペレーティングシステム (opēretingu shisutemu) — software which controls the computer
• Kashubian: òperacjowô systema — software which controls the computer
• Kazakh: операциялық жүйе (operasiälyq jüie) — software which controls the computer
• Khmer: ប្រព័ន្ធប្រតិបត្តិការ (prɑɑpŏən prɑtebattekaa) — software which controls the computer
• Korean: 운영체제 (unyeongcheje) — software which controls the computer
• Korean: 오퍼레이팅 시스템 (opeoreiting siseutem) — software which controls the computer
• Korean: 조작체계 (jojakchegye) — software which controls the computer
• Northern Kurdish: sîstema şixulandinê — software which controls the computer
• Kyrgyz: операциялык тутум (operatsiyalık tutum) — software which controls the computer
• Lao: ລະບົບປະຕິບັດການ (la bop pa ti bat kān) — software which controls the computer
• Latin: systema internum — software which controls the computer
• Latin: systema operationis — software which controls the computer
• Latvian: operacionālā sistēma — software which controls the computer
• Lithuanian: operacinė sistema — software which controls the computer
• Low German: Bedriefsysteem — software which controls the computer
• Macedonian: операти́вен систем (operatíven sistem) — software which controls the computer
• Malagasy: mpandrindra milina — software which controls the computer
• Malay: sistem pengendalian — software which controls the computer
• Malay: sistem pengoperasian — software which controls the computer
• Malayalam: ഓപറേറ്റിങ്ങ് സിസ്റ്റം (ōpaṟēṟṟiṅṅŭ sisṟṟaṁ) — software which controls the computer
• Maltese: sistema operattiva — software which controls the computer
• Māori: pūnaha mahi — software which controls the computer
• Mongolian: үйлдлийн систем (üjldliin sistem) — software which controls the computer
• Mongolian: ᠦᠢᠯᠡᠳᠦᠯ ᠦᠨ ᠰᠢᠰᠲ᠋ᠧᠮ (üiledül ün sistēm) — software which controls the computer
• Norman: système d'opéthâtion — software which controls the computer
• Norwegian Bokmål: operativsystem — software which controls the computer
• Norwegian Nynorsk: operativsystem — software which controls the computer
• Pashto: چلوونکی سیسټم (čalawūnkay sīsṭam) — software which controls the computer
• Pashto: عامل سیسټم ('āmil sīsṭam) — software which controls the computer
• Pashto: عملیاتي سیسټم ('amalīyātī sīsṭam) — software which controls the computer
• Iranian Persian: سیسْتِم عامِل (sistem âmel) — software which controls the computer
• Iranian Persian: سامانِهٔ کُنِش (sâmâne-ye koneš) — software which controls the computer
• Polish: system operacyjny — software which controls the computer
• Portuguese: sistema operativo — software which controls the computer
• Portuguese: sistema operacional — software which controls the computer
• Romanian: sistem de operare — software which controls the computer
• Romanian: sistem operațional — software which controls the computer
• Russian: операцио́нная систе́ма (operaciónnaja sistéma) — software which controls the computer
• Russian: операцио́нка (operaciónka) — software which controls the computer
• Serbo-Croatian: оперативни систем — software which controls the computer
• Serbo-Croatian: опера́цӣјскӣ су́став — software which controls the computer
• Serbo-Croatian: operativni sistem — software which controls the computer
• Serbo-Croatian: operácījskī sústav — software which controls the computer
• Slovak: operačný systém — software which controls the computer
• Slovene: operacijski sistem — software which controls the computer
• Spanish: sistema operativo — software which controls the computer
• Swahili: mfumo wa uendeshaji — software which controls the computer
• Swedish: operativsystem — software which controls the computer
• Tajik: низоми амалиётӣ (nizom-i amaliyoti) — software which controls the computer
• Tamil: இயங்குதளம் (iyaṅkutaḷam) — software which controls the computer
• Tatar: операцион система (operatsiyon sistema) — software which controls the computer
• Thai: ระบบปฏิบัติการ (rá-bòp-bpà-dtì-bàt-gaan) — software which controls the computer
• Thai: โอเอส — software which controls the computer
• Turkish: işletim sistemi — software which controls the computer
• Turkmen: basiýa ulgamy — software which controls the computer
• Turkmen: operasiýa ulgamy — software which controls the computer
• Ukrainian: операці́йна систе́ма (operacíjna systéma) — software which controls the computer
• Urdu: آپْریٹِن٘گ سِسْٹَم (āpreṭiṅg sisṭam) — software which controls the computer
• Urdu: اِشْتِغالی نِظام (iśtiġālī nizām) — software which controls the computer
• Uyghur: مەشغۇلات سىستېمىسى (meshghulat sistëmisi) — software which controls the computer
• Uzbek: ishlatuv tizimi — software which controls the computer
• Vietnamese: hệ điều hành — software which controls the computer
• Welsh: system weithredu — software which controls the computer
• Zhuang: cauhcoz haehdungj — software which controls the computer