Operating environment
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In computer software, an operating environment usually refers to a GUI front-end on top of an operating system.
A well-known operating environment is Microsoft Windows 3.11 (the operating system of which was MS-DOS) and its predecessors.
Other operating environments include KDE, GNOME, FVVM and other Linux front-ends.
Most operating systems today include the operating environment, and term has become somewhat antiquated.