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Definition: mobile operating system


The master control program in a smartphone or tablet. The primary operating systems are Android (phones and tablets), iOS (iPhone), iPadOS (iPad) and Windows (tablets). The operating systems in BlackBerry and Windows phones were alive and well until 2015 and 2017 respectively. See Android, iOS, iPadOS, Windows 10 and QNX.