Question

An operating system is a a. Terminal b. software c. storage system d. Processor

Answer 1

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Here's the answer:

¶ An Operating System (OS) is a type of system software that is one of computer software.

¶ The OS provides services such as User Interface(UI), file and data base access, interfaces to communication system such as Internet.

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• Eg:
MS Windows XP,
MS Windows Vista,
MS Windows 7,
MS Windows 8,
MS Windows 10,
Linux,
Unix,
Mac Os etc.


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¶ OS Services:
• Program Creating and Execution
• User Interface(UI)
• I/O Device Support
• File system Management
• interprocess Communication(IPC)
• Resource Allocation
• Error Detection
• Accounting(Monitoring User Activities)
• Protection and security.

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Answer 2

An Operating system is software.

Explanation:

An 'operating system' (OS) is system software that controls 'hardware, software resources' and facilitates common services to programs in a computer system.

The following are the salient features of OS.

• The 'operating system' serves as an interface between the application programs and the hardware devices of the computer.
• The operating system is used to manage the complete resources and working of the computer.
• An operating system is specific software that manages the execution of all the other programs on the computer.

Windows, Android, Linux, and Mac OS are most popular operating systems.