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operating environment, operating system

OK to use in content for a technical audience, but avoid in content for a general audience.

Use operating environment or environment to describe both hardware and the operating system software.

Use operating system to describe only the software.

Use graphical environment to describe the graphical user interface (GUI) of an operating system.

Use on, under, or with as prepositions with operating system. Don't use against.

Examples
Word 2016 runs with the Windows operating system.
Microsoft Exchange Server runs on the Windows Server operating system.

See also platform