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Update operating system market share (rounded to the nearest integer)

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	For hardware functions such as [[input and output]] and [[memory allocation]], the operating system acts as an intermediary between programs and the computer hardware,<ref>{{cite book \| last = Stallings \| title = Operating Systems, Internals and Design Principles \| publisher = Prentice Hall \| year = 2005 \| location = Pearson \|page=6}}</ref><ref>{{cite book \| last = Dhotre\| first = I.A.\| title = Operating Systems. \| publisher = Technical Publications \| year = 2009 \|page=1}}</ref> although the application code is usually executed directly by the hardware and frequently makes [[system call]]s to an OS function or is [[interrupt]]ed by it. Operating systems are found on many devices that contain a computer{{snd}}from cellular phones and video game consoles to [[web server]]s and [[supercomputer]]s.		For hardware functions such as [[input and output]] and [[memory allocation]], the operating system acts as an intermediary between programs and the computer hardware,<ref>{{cite book \| last = Stallings \| title = Operating Systems, Internals and Design Principles \| publisher = Prentice Hall \| year = 2005 \| location = Pearson \|page=6}}</ref><ref>{{cite book \| last = Dhotre\| first = I.A.\| title = Operating Systems. \| publisher = Technical Publications \| year = 2009 \|page=1}}</ref> although the application code is usually executed directly by the hardware and frequently makes [[system call]]s to an OS function or is [[interrupt]]ed by it. Operating systems are found on many devices that contain a computer{{snd}}from cellular phones and video game consoles to [[web server]]s and [[supercomputer]]s.

	{{as of\|2025\|10\|}}, [[Android (operating system)\|Android]] is the most popular operating system with a 38% market share, followed by [[Microsoft Windows]] at 31%, [[iOS]] and [[iPadOS]] at 15%, [[macOS]] at 7%, and [[Linux]] at 1%. Android, iOS, and iPadOS are operating systems for mobile devices such as smartphones, while Windows, macOS, and Linux are for desktop computers.<ref name="gs.statcounter.com">{{Cite web \|title=Operating System Market Share Worldwide \|url=https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share \|access-date=2024-12-20 \|website=StatCounter Global Stats \|language=en}}</ref> [[Linux distribution]]s are dominant in the server and supercomputing sectors. Other specialized classes of operating systems (special-purpose operating systems),<ref name="auto">{{Cite book\|last1=Silberschatz \|first1=Abraham \|last2=Galvin \|first2=Peter B. \|last3=Gagne \|first3=Greg \|url=https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/operating-system-concepts/9780471694663/pt07.html\|title=VII. Special-Purpose Systems - Operating System Concepts, Seventh Edition [Book]\|website=www.oreilly.com\|date=2005 \|publisher=Wiley \|isbn=978-0-471-69466-3 \|access-date=8 February 2021\|archive-date=13 June 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613190049/https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/operating-system-concepts/9780471694663/pt07.html\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.acs.eonerc.rwth-aachen.de/cms/E-ON-ERC-ACS/Studium/Lehrveranstaltungen/~lrhs/Spezial-Betriebssysteme/?lidx=1\|title=Special-Purpose Operating Systems - RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems - English\|website=www.acs.eonerc.rwth-aachen.de\|access-date=8 February 2021\|archive-date=14 June 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614034001/https://www.acs.eonerc.rwth-aachen.de/cms/E-ON-ERC-ACS/Studium/Lehrveranstaltungen/~lrhs/Spezial-Betriebssysteme/?lidx=1\|url-status=live}}</ref> such as [[Embedded system\|embedded]] and real-time systems, exist for many applications. [[Security-focused operating system]]s also exist. Some operating systems have low system requirements (e.g. [[light-weight Linux distribution]]). Others may have higher system requirements.		{{as of\|2025\|11\|}}, [[Android (operating system)\|Android]] is the most popular operating system with a 38% market share, followed by [[Microsoft Windows]] at 33%, [[iOS]] and [[iPadOS]] at 15%, [[macOS]] at 4%, and [[Linux]] at 1%. Android, iOS, and iPadOS are operating systems for mobile devices such as smartphones, while Windows, macOS, and Linux are for desktop computers.<ref name="gs.statcounter.com">{{Cite web \|title=Operating System Market Share Worldwide \|url=https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share \|access-date=2024-12-20 \|website=StatCounter Global Stats \|language=en}}</ref> [[Linux distribution]]s are dominant in the server and supercomputing sectors. Other specialized classes of operating systems (special-purpose operating systems),<ref name="auto">{{Cite book\|last1=Silberschatz \|first1=Abraham \|last2=Galvin \|first2=Peter B. \|last3=Gagne \|first3=Greg \|url=https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/operating-system-concepts/9780471694663/pt07.html\|title=VII. Special-Purpose Systems - Operating System Concepts, Seventh Edition [Book]\|website=www.oreilly.com\|date=2005 \|publisher=Wiley \|isbn=978-0-471-69466-3 \|access-date=8 February 2021\|archive-date=13 June 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613190049/https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/operating-system-concepts/9780471694663/pt07.html\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.acs.eonerc.rwth-aachen.de/cms/E-ON-ERC-ACS/Studium/Lehrveranstaltungen/~lrhs/Spezial-Betriebssysteme/?lidx=1\|title=Special-Purpose Operating Systems - RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems - English\|website=www.acs.eonerc.rwth-aachen.de\|access-date=8 February 2021\|archive-date=14 June 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614034001/https://www.acs.eonerc.rwth-aachen.de/cms/E-ON-ERC-ACS/Studium/Lehrveranstaltungen/~lrhs/Spezial-Betriebssysteme/?lidx=1\|url-status=live}}</ref> such as [[Embedded system\|embedded]] and real-time systems, exist for many applications. [[Security-focused operating system]]s also exist. Some operating systems have low system requirements (e.g. [[light-weight Linux distribution]]). Others may have higher system requirements.

	Some operating systems require installation or may come pre-installed with purchased computers ([[OEM]]-installation), whereas others may run directly from media (i.e. [[live CD]]) or flash memory (i.e. a LiveUSB from a [[USB flash drive\|USB]] stick).		Some operating systems require installation or may come pre-installed with purchased computers ([[OEM]]-installation), whereas others may run directly from media (i.e. [[live CD]]) or flash memory (i.e. a LiveUSB from a [[USB flash drive\|USB]] stick).
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	}}</ref> in a way similarly to embedded and real-time OSes. ~~Note that this~~ overhead is not negligible: to the direct cost of mode switching it's necessary to add the indirect pollution of important processor structures (like [[CPU cache]]s, the [[Instruction pipelining\|instruction pipeline]], and so on) which affects both user-mode and kernel-mode performance.		}}</ref> in a way similarly to embedded and real-time OSes. This overhead is not negligible: to the direct cost of mode switching it's necessary to add the indirect pollution of important processor structures (like [[CPU cache]]s, the [[Instruction pipelining\|instruction pipeline]], and so on) which affects both user-mode and kernel-mode performance.
	<ref name="FlexSC">{{cite conference		<ref name="FlexSC">{{cite conference
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imported>Aoidh: Undid revision 1293103068 by MaxHund (talk) See WP:ELNO 12