Is there a widely agreed-upon meaning of the phrase "operating
   system"?

The words "operating" and "system" are ambiguous, I will grant you
that.  But I think, in the fullness of it, it is generally recognized
as userland utilities (i.e., GNU).

-- 
Dylan Knight Rogers
Founder, The Untitled Document
http://theuntitleddocument.org


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