Well, according to memory-alpha, it’s the “main computing system” and then goes on to describe something f seeming far beyond the scope of what we, today, would consider an operating system as it encompasses far more functionality than a operating system today would. So I concede this one to you as you’re closer to the mark than I am.
I’d argue that we simply don’t have (or couldn’t use it if we had it) LCARS because our computing systems are 300 years too architecturally and systematically simplistic to require it. Even in the 23rd century, they used a different computing system, as noted by Boimler when he travelled to the past and nerdgasmed over the “retro” computer systems.
LCARS, as it is presented, is far more than an OS. It manages, at a near-galactic level, all information interactions with all available databases in the Federation, whether on Starships, Starbases, or planets, and all levels of information access and retrieval therefrom and therof. That’s a lot.
One would think there’s an underlying OS layer, but maybe it’s all integrated. Who knows. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
LCARS isn’t an OS, it’s just an interface
Edit: ok, I was wrong, see below
Canon, not really, LCARS is a complete system
IRL, yea unfortunately that’s all we get :(
Well, according to memory-alpha, it’s the “main computing system” and then goes on to describe something f seeming far beyond the scope of what we, today, would consider an operating system as it encompasses far more functionality than a operating system today would. So I concede this one to you as you’re closer to the mark than I am.
Now that’s an interesting thought, maybe we don’t have an LCARS OS because we’re not yet in a “Post-OS” world
Maybe @[email protected] is on to something lol
I’d argue that we simply don’t have (or couldn’t use it if we had it) LCARS because our computing systems are 300 years too architecturally and systematically simplistic to require it. Even in the 23rd century, they used a different computing system, as noted by Boimler when he travelled to the past and nerdgasmed over the “retro” computer systems.
LCARS, as it is presented, is far more than an OS. It manages, at a near-galactic level, all information interactions with all available databases in the Federation, whether on Starships, Starbases, or planets, and all levels of information access and retrieval therefrom and therof. That’s a lot.
One would think there’s an underlying OS layer, but maybe it’s all integrated. Who knows. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯