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Operating System (OS)

Last updated August 24, 2026
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CLI 
di get-glossary --slug operating-system
REST 
GET https://api.decisioninsights.ai/api/public/v1/glossary/724f8c91-b357-4964-85f6-0369a117d387
Test via MCP 
curl -X POST https://mcp.decisioninsights.ai/api/mcp-public \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -H "accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
  -d '{"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"tools/call","params":{"arguments":{"slug":"operating-system"},"name":"di_get_term"}}'

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The record

This is what the machine sees: the exact JSON-LD an agent receives for this listing.

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What we add

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A glossary entry defines a term and stops there. It doesn't show where the term is actually being used or written about. We track and link every article that covers it.

BlogPosting CISA includes CVE-2021-20035 in vulnerabilities catalog BlogPosting IBM z17: The first mainframe fully engineered for the AI age BlogPosting Nokia named a Visionary in 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Center Switching and 9 more on this page