Macintosh Operating System

(operating system)(Mac OS) Apple Computer, Inc.'sproprietary operating system for their Macintosh family ofpersonal computers.

The part of the operating system that simulates the desktop iscalled "Finder." The multitasking version of Finder wascalled "MultiFinder" until multitasking was integratedinto the core of the OS with the introduction of System 7.0 in1990.

The Macintosh series provides a built-in graphics language,called "QuickDraw", which provides a standard for softwaredevelopers.

Mac OS 8, scheduled for delivery in July 1997, included newhuman-interface features, increased system stability andperformance, a PowerPC processor-native Finder, tighterintegration of Internet access through panel-based"assistants," Personal Web Sharing and the ability to runJava applets and programs through Mac OS Run Time forJava. Version 9.2 was the last version of the bespoke MacOS. The next version, Mac OS X is quite different, beingbased on Unix.

See also Macintosh file system, Macintosh user interface.

单词	macintosh operating system
释义	Macintosh Operating System Macintosh Operating System (operating system)(Mac OS) Apple Computer, Inc.'sproprietary operating system for their Macintosh family ofpersonal computers. The part of the operating system that simulates the desktop iscalled "Finder." The multitasking version of Finder wascalled "MultiFinder" until multitasking was integratedinto the core of the OS with the introduction of System 7.0 in1990. The Macintosh series provides a built-in graphics language,called "QuickDraw", which provides a standard for softwaredevelopers. Mac OS 8, scheduled for delivery in July 1997, included newhuman-interface features, increased system stability andperformance, a PowerPC processor-native Finder, tighterintegration of Internet access through panel-based"assistants," Personal Web Sharing and the ability to runJava applets and programs through Mac OS Run Time forJava. Version 9.2 was the last version of the bespoke MacOS. The next version, Mac OS X is quite different, beingbased on Unix. See also Macintosh file system, Macintosh user interface. AcronymsSeeMACOS
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