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Operating environment

In Computer science, 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 and its predecessors.

Other operating environments include KDE, FVVM[?] and other Linux front-ends.

Most operating systems today include the operating environment, and term has become somewhat antiquated.

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