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[[Image:AmigaOS.png|thumb|right|AROS family/development tree.]]
'''AROS Research Operating System''' ('''AROS''') is a [[free software]]/[[open source software|open source]] implementation of the [[AmigaOS|AmigaOS 3.1]] [[Application programming interface|API]]s. Designed to be portable and flexible, [[Porting|port]]s are currently available for [[x86]] and [[PowerPC]] based [[Personal Computer|PC]]s in [[native mode|native]] and hosted ''flavours'', with other architectures in development.
==Name==
AROS Research Operating System is a recursive acronym because its expansion includes the acronym itself.<ref>www.aros.org</ref><ref>http://amigann.com/?id=3309</ref>
AROS used to mean Amiga Research Operating System, but, because of trademark issues with the Amiga name, it was changed to AROS Research Operating System.<ref>http://amigann.com/?id=3309</ref>
== Current status ==
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* [http://aros.aminet.net AROS section of Aminet]
* [http://www.arosworld.org AROSWorld Community]
==References==
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