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Mobile Operating System (OS)

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Last Updated May 24, 2021 7:49 am

A mobile operating system, also called a mobile OS, is an operating system that is specifically designed to run on mobile devices such as mobile phones, smartphones, PDAs, tablet computers and other handheld devices. The mobile operating system is the software platform on top of which other programs, called application programs, can run on mobile devices.

See also Mobile Operating Systems (Mobile OS) Explained.