Chrome OS
Proprietary Linux-based operating system designed by Google.
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Google Play
Digital distribution service operated and developed by Google.
Digital distribution service operated and developed by Google.
It serves as the official app store for certified devices running on the Android operating system and its derivatives as well as Chrome OS, allowing users to browse and download applications developed with the Android software development kit (SDK) and published through Google.
Google Docs
Online word processor included as part of the free, web-based Google Docs Editors suite offered by Google, which also includes: Google Sheets, Google Slides, Google Drawings, Google Forms, Google Sites and Google Keep.
Online word processor included as part of the free, web-based Google Docs Editors suite offered by Google, which also includes: Google Sheets, Google Slides, Google Drawings, Google Forms, Google Sites and Google Keep.
Google Docs is accessible via an internet browser as a web-based application and is also available as a mobile app on Android and iOS and as a desktop application on Google's Chrome OS.
Linux
Family of open-source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds.
Family of open-source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds.
Although Linux is used by only around 2.3 percent of desktop computers, the Chromebook, which runs the Linux kernel-based Chrome OS, dominates the US K–12 education market and represents nearly 20 percent of sub-$300 notebook sales in the US.
Chromium OS
Free and open-source operating system designed for running web applications and browsing the World Wide Web.
Free and open-source operating system designed for running web applications and browsing the World Wide Web.
It is the open-source version of Chrome OS, a Linux-based operating system made by Google.
Google Chrome
Cross-platform web browser developed by Google.
Cross-platform web browser developed by Google.
The browser is also the main component of Chrome OS, where it serves as the platform for web applications.
Chromebook
A Chromebook (sometimes stylized in lowercase as chromebook) is a laptop or tablet running the Linux-based Chrome OS as its operating system.
Citrix Systems
American multinational cloud computing and virtualization technology company that provides server, application and desktop virtualization, networking, software as a service , and cloud computing technologies.
American multinational cloud computing and virtualization technology company that provides server, application and desktop virtualization, networking, software as a service , and cloud computing technologies.
In August 2010, Citrix announced a partnership with Google to bring the company's products to Chrome OS devices.
Sundar Pichai
Indian-American business executive.
Indian-American business executive.
Following a short stint at the management consulting firm McKinsey & Co., Pichai joined Google in 2004, where he led the product management and innovation efforts for a suite of Google's client software products, including Google Chrome and Chrome OS, as well as being largely responsible for Google Drive.
Google I/O
Annual developer conference held by Google in Mountain View, California.
Annual developer conference held by Google in Mountain View, California.
Chrome and Chrome OS
Netbook
The marketing term netbook identified small and inexpensive laptops that were sold from 2007 to around 2013; these were generally low-performance.
The marketing term netbook identified small and inexpensive laptops that were sold from 2007 to around 2013; these were generally low-performance.
For Windows 8, in a ploy to counter Chrome OS-based netbooks and low-end Android tablets, Microsoft began to offer no-cost Windows licenses to OEMs for devices with screens smaller than 9 inches in size.