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One of the very first OSs had a simple task, Batch Processing. In layman's terms to automatically execute another program after one had finished. It was made for the IBM 704.
A fun fact most early operating systems were produced by IBM customers and not by the company.
https://firstos.weebly.com/
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MCP (Master Control Program)
Burroughs MCP. Was an innovator in the 1960s it was the first OS to support multi-processors, the first commercial implement of virtual memory, and the first OS to be written in high-level-language.
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Unix
One of the most important OS's to date is AT&T Bell Lab's Unix. Unix was the first portable OS meaning it can be put on different devices. Unix popularized the idea of writing OSes in High-level-languages being written almost entirely in C. Also it ran on cheap hardware and was not that expensive for the time.
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MS-DOS
MS-DOS was the first OS released by Microsoft and eventually made the company into a computer giant worth Bilions.
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System 1
System 1 was Apple's first OS for the Macintosh family of computers. It included features still used today such as the Finder and drop down menus in applications. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_1 -
LINUX
One of the great things about Linux is that it is open source you can get it for free. Some say it is more secure than other OSes such as Windows and it's reliability. It also has been modified and used by other companies such as Google for the Chrome OS.
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Windows 95
A pivotal version of Windows this was the first version to include Internet Explorer while it was not available at the launch it was added very soon after it's release. It also included many other improvements over the last windows version. It even included a TASKBAR and a start button!!
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Windows Mobile
One of the first OSes meant for smartphones it is pretty barebones even compared to the first iPhone. Originally called Pocket PC which included a media player and Internet Explorer.
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Chrome OS
Google's Chrome OS is a Linux based OS that has had a meteoric rise in recent years thanks to it being that the Chromebook is the most popular K-12 Computer and the fact that it's actually cutting into some of Window's growth. It's very barebones and seems to exist just to compete with Windows.
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Windows 10
The Pinnacle of OS the Omega of OSes is Windows 10, Windows 10 for laymen is not that drastically different than Windows 7, other than the new GUI, but there are some new things that are important. Microsoft supported universal apps which basically means an application that has the same code no matter if it's on an XBOX or a PC. They also allow "cross-buys" where purchased licenses can be applied on the PC or the XBOX or other Microsoft devices.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_10
