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This page names the family of related systems that a specific computing system belongs to. Wikipedia notes that "Android, iOS, and iPadOS are operating systems for mobile devices such as smartphones, while Windows, macOS, and Linux are for desktop computers," each system belonging to its own recognized family. Browsing this way moves between a system and its close relatives.

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Analog and Special-Purpose Computers

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Atari Home Computers

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Babbage Engines and Their Successors

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Bletchley Park Codebreaking Machines

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British ICL Mainframes

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Burroughs and UNIVAC Mainframe Lineages

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Chinese Petascale Supercomputers

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Classic Mac OS and Apple Systems

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Cloud Computing Platforms

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Cloud Database

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Column-Oriented Database Management System

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Commercial Mechanical Calculators

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Commodore 8-bit Home Computers

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Cray Research and Control Data Vector Supercomputers

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DEC PDP and VAX Systems

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Distributed Data Processing Infrastructure

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Document-Oriented Database Management System

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DOS-Family Systems

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Early Apple Personal Computers

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Early Australian Computers

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Early British Stored-Program Computers

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Early Commercially Sold Computers

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Early Japanese Computers

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Early Massively Parallel Architectures

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Early Personal and Portable Computers

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Early Soviet Computers

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Early Store-and-Forward Dial-Up Networks

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Embedded and Real-Time Operating Systems

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Ferranti Computers

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First-Generation Vacuum-Tube Computers

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General Electric and Honeywell Mainframe Lineage

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Graph Database Management System

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Graphical and Unix Workstations

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Harvard Mark Computers

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Historic Network Operating Systems: NetWare and Banyan VINES

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Home Computer Operating Systems

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Home Computers of the Late 1970s and 1980s

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IAS Machine-Derived Computers

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IBM Early Business Computers

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IBM Mainframe and Midrange Systems

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IBM Supercomputers

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Internet Application Protocols

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Japanese Petascale Supercomputers

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Key-Value Database System

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Local and Wireless Network Standards

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Mainframe and Historical Systems

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Military and Defense Computers

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Mobile and Handheld Operating Systems

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NewSQL and In-Memory Databases

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NoSQL Database Management System

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Pre-Internet Packet-Switched Research Networks

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Punched Card Calculators and Programmable Calculators

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Relational Database Management System

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Research and Academic Operating Systems

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Search Engine Database

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Sinclair Home Computers

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Time Series Database System

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TRS-80 Family Computers

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UNIVAC Line Computers

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University and Research Laboratory Computers

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Unix and Unix-Like Systems

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Xerox PARC Computers

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