[Solved]: Does a simple calculator require an operating system?

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I don't mean a TI-84 type calculator, and I also do not mean a simple calculator app on your phone.

Does a basic scientific calculator require an operating system?

Asked By : Logan Jahnke

Answered By : David Richerby

No.

Operating systems have several purposes, such as interfacing with the hardware and, managing multiple concurrent or sequential applications and providing protection between different users. A calculator has only user and only one application so there's nothing to manage there. And the hardware is simple enough that the single application may as well just talk directly to it, rather than going through the intermediate layer of an operating system.

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