Kristina Brockwell: An operating system is software because it is not actually physically inside the computer, it is stored in the BIOS and on the hard drive. It is not "a software"
Debora Rinderer: Yes its very much a software. It's a software in which it helps other softwares to run on it.
Cordia Fivecoat: Yes.It is a type of software.You can install Windows OSes on Mac computers, and Linux distributions on both Windows and Mac computers. The Mac OSX was designed to prevent you from installing it on anything but a Mac, but that is artifically done by Apple Computer.There's actually a lot of other OS's out there.FreeBSD, Solaris--just to name two....Show more
Gaston Edgcomb: Yes it is. There is hardware and Software, and a program on a computer that tells it how to run is not considered hardware. to answer your question yes, yes it is.
Chris Wilczewski: Yes, it is software. If you can't hold it in your hand - it is software and not hardware.
King Bringle: Hey :)An operating system (sometimes abbreviated as "OS") is the program that, after being initially loaded into the computer by a boot program, manages all the other programs in a computer. The other programs are called applications or application programs. The application programs make use of the operating system by making requests for services through a defined application program interface (API). In addition, users can interact directly with the operating system through a user interface such as a command language or a graphical user interface (GUI).So yes an OS is software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services.Hope this Helps :)...Show more
Buddy Ardd: not exactly but yes
Logan Bero: Software is not only meant to be one thing. Generally, everything that is an interface could be software as opposed to hardware.So it is definitely uncountable, and you can't say "a software".Notice that we call every! thing with an interface ability designed to operate within har! dware as software.So don't consider it as a Thing. It is a concept.Hope that will help you....Show more
Myesha Zerbe: obviouslyit is a s/w which consists of many other inbuilt softwaresi s/w 2 control evrytinin computers der r onlt 2 tins----- software & hardware nuthin else...Show more
Freddy Shutler: Yes, oparating system is a sofware and thats why it takes some of you hard drive.
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