What is the role of a operating system for a computer?

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Weegy: An operating system is the program that, after being initially loaded into the computer by a boot program, manages all the other programs in a computer.

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Microsoft Windows is a metafamily of graphical operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Microsoft.

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Microsoft windows operating system: Windows 11, as of September 2022, the most recent version of Windows is Windows 11 for consumer PCs and tablets, Windows 11 Enterprise for corporations, and Windows Server 2022 for servers. It is a group of several proprietary graphical operating system families developed and marketed by Microsoft.

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