Not necessarily, it just refers to the operating system, and the general operating environment is a very broad concept. According to different situations, what do you mean is the same? It can include:

Operating system (linux/unix/windows/mac, generally used for applications)

Browser (it's firefox/ie6/ie7/ie8/, generally used for web pages)

Shell (powershell/Cygwin/bashshell/cmd/bourne shell, commonly used in scripting languages).

Hardware (such as cpu/ram/ hard disk, usually hardware)

Wait a minute.

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