What does iOS actually mean? Easily explained

If you are dealing with Apple or the iPhone, you cannot avoid the three letters iOS. You can find out exactly what iOS means in this practical tip.

What does iOS actually mean? Easily explained

Whether iPad, iPod touch or iPhone, you will be confronted with iOS on all of these Apple devices.

• iOS is short for Internetwork Operating System. This in turn means that the iOS is an operating system like Windows or Linux.
• Apple's iOS originated from the Macintosh operating system, the Mac OSX.
• The Apple software for the iPhone was first presented in January 2007. At that time, Steve Jobs presented the new operating system as "Mac OS that runs on the iPhone".
• Apple did not adopt this funny, but perhaps somewhat lengthy term. The mobile operating system for the iPhone was simply dubbed "iPhone OS".
• The name "iPhone OS" lasted until mid-2012, when Apple slightly changed the name of the software again.
• The change was necessary because the operating system is not only installed on the iPhone, but also on all other Apple mobile devices such as the iPad and iPod Touch.
• Since June 2012, you have therefore come across the term iOS on Apple mobile devices.

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