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{{About|the operating system|the web browser|Google Chrome}}
{{update|date=January 2026}}
{{Infobox OS
| name = Chrome OS
| title = Chrome OS
| logo = ChromeOS Logo.svg
| logo caption = Chrome OS logo from 2022
| screenshot = 
| caption = Google Chrome OS (21.0.1172.0) displaying the app drawer and Chrome browser.
| collapsible = 
| developer = [[Google|Google Inc.]]
| family = [[Linux]]
| working_state = Preinstalled on specific hardware ([[Chromebook]] Laptops.)
| source_model = <!-- "Open source", "Closed source", or "Shared source" -->
| released = 
| marketing_target = 
| programmed_in = [[C (programming language)|C]], [[C++]]
| language = <!-- Supported natural languages (English, French, Italian, Arabic, ...) -->
| prog_language = 
| updatemodel = [[Rolling release]]
| supported_platforms = [[x86]], [[ARM architecture|ARM]]
| kernel_type = [[monolithic kernel|Monolithic]]: [[Linux kernel]]<ref name="Chromium OS Kernel Design">{{cite web|url=https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/chromiumos-design-docs/chromium-os-kernel|title=Kernel Design: Background, Upgrades|publisher=Google|accessdate=September 7, 2011}}</ref>
| userland = 
| ui = [[graphical user interface|Graphical]] interface based on the [[Google Chrome]] browser
| license = Google Chrome OS Terms of Service<ref name="GTOS">{{cite web|url = http://www.google.com/intl/en/chromebook/termsofservice.html|title = Google Chrome OS Terms of Service |accessdate=September 5, 2012}}</ref>
| preceded_by = 
| succeeded_by = 
| website = {{URL|www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/devices/}}
| support status = Active
}}

'''Chrome OS''' is a project by [[Google]] to develop a light computer [[operating system]]. It is devoted to using the [[World Wide Web]].<ref name="PC World">{{cite web|url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/168028/google_announces_chrome_os.html|title=Google Announces Chrome OS|last=Mediati|first=Nick|publisher=PC World|date=2009-07-07|accessdate=2009-07-08|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5msWAbGC8?url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/168028/google_announces_chrome_os.html|archivedate=2010-01-18}}</ref> The operating system was announced on July 7, 2009. It is based on the [[Linux kernel]], and is visually similar to the [[Google Chrome]] [[web browser]]. When first released, it was targeted at [[netbook]]s<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/jul/08/google-chrome-operating-system|title=Google targets Microsoft with new operating system|author=Bobbie Johnson|work=The Guardian|date=2009-07-08|accessdate=2009-07-08}}</ref> but has also been present on [[Laptop|laptops]] (known as [[Chromebook|Chromebooks]]). It was released to technology journalists in December 2010<ref name="Times">{{citation|last=Ahmed|first=Murad|date=2009-07-08|accessdate=2009-07-08|url=http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article6665703.ece|publisher=Times Online|title=Google takes on Microsoft with Chrome operating system|archive-date=2010-01-18|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5msWAgCSa?url=http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article6665703.ece|url-status=dead}}</ref> after being delayed.<ref>Ali, United States (December 11, 2010). [http://www.techno-crunch.com/notebook/google-is-delaying-to-ship-chrome-os-to-mid-of-2011/ Google is delaying to ship Chrome OS to mid of 2011] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110224055954/http://www.techno-crunch.com/notebook/google-is-delaying-to-ship-chrome-os-to-mid-of-2011/ |date=2011-02-24 }}</ref> It runs on systems with either [[x86]] or [[ARM architecture|ARM]] [[processor]]s.<ref name="Bloomberg">{{cite web|last=Womack|first=Brian|date=2009-07-08|accessdate=2009-07-08|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aTd2k.YdQZ.Y|title=Google to Challenge Microsoft With Operating System|publisher=Bloomberg.com}}</ref>

Google had stated before release that the Chrome OS project would be [[open source|open-source]]<ref name="BBC">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8139711.stm|title=Google to launch operating system|last=Shiels|first=Maggie|publisher=BBC News|date=2009-07-08|accessdate=2009-07-08}}</ref> by the end of 2009. Although it is based on the Linux kernel, it would use "a new [[windowing system]]" (a way to display applications on a computer screen).<ref name="TechCrunch Arrington">{{cite web|last=Arrington|first=Michael|date=2009-07-08|accessdate=2009-07-08|publisher=TechCrunch|title=Google Chrome: Redefining The Operating System|url=https://techcrunch.com/2009/07/08/google-chrome-redefining-the-operating-system/|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/66eeGvl8d?url=http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/08/google-chrome-redefining-the-operating-system/|archivedate=2012-04-03}}</ref>

Upon release, some technology journalists were unsure on what it could do that a [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] PC with the Google Chrome browser installed could not.<ref name="PCWorld.com">{{cite web|last=Bradley|first=Tony|date=2009-11-20|publisher=PCWorld.com|title=Google Chrome: Five Reasons the Google Chrome OS will Flop|url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/182739/Five_Reasons_the_Google_Chrome_OS_will_Flop.html}}</ref>

Chrome OS has now been the default for Chromebooks and very few other laptop brands than [[Google]], these are all labelled as [[Chromebook|Chromebooks]], the only difference being the [[Computer hardware|hardware]].

== Google Chrome OS Media ==
<gallery widths='160px' heights='100%' mode='traditional' caption=''>
File:Samsung Chromebook.jpg|An open Samsung Chromebook

File:Chromebook Pixel (WiFi) open.JPG|Chromebook Pixel (Wi-Fi) open

File:Google Chromebook.jpg|Google Chromebook

File:ChromeOS Crosh.png|Screenshot of the ChromeOS Crosh menu with the Wikipedia entry for ChromeOS in the background
</gallery>
== References ==
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== Other websites ==
* [http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-google-chrome-os.html Official announcement]
* [http://chrome.blogspot.com/2009/07/google-chrome-os-faq.html Google Chrome OS - FAQ]
* [http://chrome.blogspot.com/ Google Chrome Blog]
* [http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/168202/chrome_os_could_offend_the_open_source_community.html Chrome OS Could Offend the Open Source Community] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090712141438/http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/168202/chrome_os_could_offend_the_open_source_community.html |date=2009-07-12 }} PC World (Friday, July 10, 2009)


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