An overall description of the Operating environment includes electrical, environmental and industrial factors
Environment of the selected item in the Relex hierarchical display (tree) When the operating environment is selected for the top level of the tree, it serves as the environment for all levels below it If an environment is selected in the Properties of a lower level item, that selection overrides the environment at the higher level
Also called a shell A software program designed to simplify an operating system Earlier versions of Microsoft Windows were operating environments for MS-DOS, and several computer manufacturers are now providing their own "companions" to Windows 95, which are also operating environments