Question

1. What is an operating system?
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Answer 1

EXPLANATION:-An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware, software resources, and provides common services for computer programs. ... Other specialized classes of operating systems (special-purpose operating systems), such as embedded and real-time systems, exist for many applications

Answer 2

ᴀɴ ᴏᴘᴇʀᴀᴛɪɴɢ ꜱʏꜱᴛᴇᴍ, ᴏʀ "ᴏꜱ," ɪꜱ ꜱᴏꜰᴛᴡᴀʀᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴜɴɪᴄᴀᴛᴇꜱ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴀʀᴅᴡᴀʀᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀʟʟᴏᴡꜱ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴘʀᴏɢʀᴀᴍꜱ ᴛᴏ ʀᴜɴ. ... ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ ᴅᴇꜱᴋᴛᴏᴘ ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴜᴛᴇʀ, ᴛᴀʙʟᴇᴛ, ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴍᴀʀᴛᴘʜᴏɴᴇ ɪɴᴄʟᴜᴅᴇꜱ ᴀɴ ᴏᴘᴇʀᴀᴛɪɴɢ ꜱʏꜱᴛᴇᴍ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴘʀᴏᴠɪᴅᴇꜱ ʙᴀꜱɪᴄ ꜰᴜɴᴄᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟɪᴛʏ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴠɪᴄᴇ. ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴏɴ ᴅᴇꜱᴋᴛᴏᴘ ᴏᴘᴇʀᴀᴛɪɴɢ ꜱʏꜱᴛᴇᴍꜱ ɪɴᴄʟᴜᴅᴇ ᴡɪɴᴅᴏᴡꜱ, ᴏꜱ x, ᴀɴᴅ ʟɪɴᴜx.

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