What does OS mean?

Definitions for OS
ɒs; ˈɒs əos

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. osnoun

    a mouth or mouthlike opening

  2. osmium, Os, atomic number 76noun

    a hard brittle blue-grey or blue-black metallic element that is one of the platinum metals; the heaviest metal known

  3. operating system, OSnoun

    (computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services

  4. oculus sinister, OSnoun

    the left eye

  5. bone, osnoun

    rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates

GCIDE

  1. Osnoun

    The chemical symbol for the element osmium.

Wiktionary

  1. OSnoun

    an Ordnance Survey map.

    We've got an OS of the Cuckmere area.

  2. Etymology: From neuter word os with the oris (meaning "mouth").

ChatGPT

  1. os

    OS, an acronym for Operating System, refers to a system software that manages all the hardware and software resources in a computer device. It provides various services for computer programs, such as file system management, process scheduling, memory management and input/output operations. Some examples of OS include Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android.

Wikidata

  1. Os

    Os is a municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Os i Østerdalen. The new municipality of Os was separated from Tolga on 1 July 1926. The municipality is located to the west of the municipality of Røros and to the south of Midtre Gauldal and Holtålen in Sør-Trøndelag county. In Hedmark county, Os is east of Tolga and north of Engerdal.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Os

    os, n. a bone. [L.]

The New Hacker's Dictionary

  1. OS

    1. [Operating System] n. An abbreviation heavily used in email, occasionally in speech. 2. n. obs. On ITS, an output spy. See OS and JEDGAR in Appendix A.

Entomology

  1. Os

    the mouth of insects, in general.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. OS

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Os is ranked #156044 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Os surname appeared 104 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Os.

    61.5% or 64 total occurrences were White.
    21.1% or 22 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    7.6% or 8 total occurrences were Black.
    7.6% or 8 total occurrences were Asian.

Anagrams for OS »

  1. SO

  2. So

  3. So.

  4. s.o.

  5. s/o

  6. so

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of OS in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of OS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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