[1] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

macintosh operating system
     
         mac os apple computer, inc.'s
        proprietary operating system for their macintosh family of
        personal computers.
     
        the part of the operating system that simulates the desktop is
        called "finder."  the multitasking version of finder was
        called "multifinder" until multitasking was integrated
        into the core of the os with the introduction of system 7.0 in
        1990.
     
        the macintosh series provides a built-in graphics language,
        called "quickdraw", which provides a standard for software
        developers.
     
        mac os 8, scheduled for delivery in july 1997, contains a
        number of significant improvements, including new
        human-interface features, increased system stability and
        performance, a powerpc processor-native finder, tighter
        integration of internet access through panel-based
        "assistants," personal web sharing, and the ability to run
        java applets and programs through mac os run time for java.
     
        mac os x "x" for 10 is based on freebsd.  apple released
        the kernel of mac os x server as "darwin", under an open
        source license.
     
        see also macintosh file system, macintosh user interface.
     
        2002-06-29
     
     
see also:
apple computer, inc. operating system macintosh personal computers finder multitasking 
multifinder quickdraw standard powerpc internet 
java applets java freebsd kernel darwin 
open source macintosh file system macintosh user interface 

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