ALSO CALLED: Personal Digital Assistant Operating Systems and Wireless Operating Systems DEFINITION: Palm OS is the computer operating system that provides a software platform for the Palm series of handheld personal digital assistants (PDAs) made by Palm Inc. According to Palm, Palm OS was designed from the beginning to fit into a palm-size device of a specific
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PDA OPERATING SYSTEMS DEFINITION (continued): … size and with a specific display size. Microsoft's Windows CE and Symbian's EPOC (originated by Psion) are also operating systems for handheld devices, but are designed to serve a broader range of devices.
Palm OS uses multitasking, but only one task is for applications. The user uses one application at a time, one application program must finish before the next can be selected. This constraint allows the operating system to devote full attention to … PDA Operating Systems definition sponsored by SearchMobileComputing.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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