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CentOS is a community-supported, free and open source operating system based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It exists to provide a free enterprise class computing platform and strives to maintain 100% binary compatibility with its upstream distribution. CentOS stands for Community ENTerprise Operating System. CentOS developers use Red Hatâs source code to create a final product very similar to Red Hat Enterprise Linux. CentOS is available free of charge. Technical support is primarily provided by the community via official mailing lists, web forums, and chat rooms.
Operating system is the low-level software that supports a computer's basic functions, such as scheduling tasks and controlling peripherals. As can been seen in the image above, OS is the trading bridge between the hardware and the software components of a system. TYPES :-. 1.Batch operating system. Time-sharing operating systems. Distributed operating System. Network operating System.