Operating system

Operating system (or OS, in short) is a system software computer program or set of computer programs that take control of hardware and computer resources directly. The difference between operating systems is how the bits are used. Therefore programs need to be rewritten in order to run on different OSes. To date, Game Maker runs on both Windows and Mac OS X, and Yoyo Games is currently considering a Linux Version.

Common Examples

 * Microsoft Windows
 * MacOS X
 * Linux
 * Unix