What is the difference between OS and RTOS?

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What is the difference between OS and RTOS?

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Hi, recently I heard of VxWorks so I read about it and it says that this is Real Time OS (RTOS). So I wonder what is the difference between RTOS and a regular OS?
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All Real Time Operating Systems are Operating Systems. Not all Operating Systems are Real Time operating systems. There are volumes on the internet discussing Real Time operating systems and even wikipedia has a decent description.
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Re: What is the difference between OS and RTOS?

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Yes sorry forgot to check wikipedia, got it now.
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