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      1 An **operating system** is a piece of software that most crucially handles
      2 the interoperability between hardware and software as well as between
      3 different software programs.
      4 
      5 In general, an OS is required in order to run other programs. A program that
      6 is written to use the hardware directly does not require a separate OS, but
      7 this severely limits the possibility of using any other programs in the
      8 hardware. Even embedded systems that are only supposed to run a single fixed
      9 application often run on top of some kind of an OS.
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     11 See also:
     12 
     13   * [[Operating systems]] - list of various OSes to be assessed for permacomputing