is a string describing the type of computer system on which the Wolfram System is being run.
$System
is a string describing the type of computer system on which the Wolfram System is being run.
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History
Introduced in 1988 (1.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (1988), $System, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$System.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1988. "$System." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$System.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1988). $System. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$System.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_$system, author="Wolfram Research", title="{$System}", year="1988", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$System.html}", note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2026_$system, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={$System}, year={1988}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$System.html}, note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}