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There are two different meanings of "operating system" depending on context. One is the old computer sciency definition which basically just encompasses the kernel and essentials, the colloquial and more common one is the definition that means the de facto application platform.

In your CS interpretation, OS X is also an open source OS since it's proprietary bits on top of the open source Darwin OS.



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