“What are you going to do then?” asked Pippin, undaunted by the wizard’s bristling brows. “Knock on the doors with your head, Peregrin Took,” said Gandalf. “But if that does not shatter them, and I am allowed a little peace from foolish questions, I will seek for the opening words ... ”

— Tolkien in The Fellowship of the Ring, 1954

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Glossary

Operating System (OS)

An operating system (or OS for short) consists of the software whose job it is to manage your computer’s hardware and applications. Every computer needs one, from smartphones to wireless routers. Some examples include Fedora Linux, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, and Android.

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