macOS, originally Mac OS X, previously shortened as OS X, is an operating system developed and marketed by Apple since 2001. It is the primary operating system for Apple's Mac computers. Within the market of desktop and laptop computers, it is the second most widely used desktop OS, after Microsoft Windows and ahead of all Linux distributions, including ChromeOS.
Steve Jobs talks about the transition to Intel processors.
An illustration of Apple's M1 processor
OS X Lion was announced at WWDC 2011 at Moscone West.
An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources, and provides common services for computer programs.
An IBM System 360/65 Operator's Panel. OS/360 was used on most IBM mainframe computers beginning in 1966, including computers used by the Apollo program.
The first server for the World Wide Web ran on NeXTSTEP, based on BSD.