atomic operating system

noun

A type of system architecture where the core file system is read-only and system updates are applied as a single, indivisible, transactional unit.

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Meanings

nounatomic operating system (usually uncountable, plural atomic operating systems)

plural atomic operating systems

  1. uncommonuncountableusuallycomputingA type of system architecture where the core file system is read-only and system updates are applied as a single, indivisible, transactional unit.
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