AP PSYCHOLOGY

COGNITION

THINKING AND LANGUAGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
DOS, WINDOWS, LINUX is an example of?
A
Operating system
B
Word Processor
C
Database Program
D
Website
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A DOS, or disk operating system, is an operating system that runs from a disk drive. The term can also refer to a particular family of disk operating systems, most commonly MS-DOS, an acronym for Microsoft DOS.

Detailed explanation-2: -Both DOS and Windows are types of operating systems. DOS is a single-tasking, single-user and CLI-based OS; whereas Windows is a multitasking, multiuser and GUI-based OS. Read this tutorial to find out more about DOS and Windows and how these two operating systems are different from each other.

Detailed explanation-3: -DOS stands for Disk Operating System. It is a single-user (no security), a single-process system that gives complete control of the computer to the user program.

Detailed explanation-4: -Examples of Operating system are : UNIX (Solaris, IRIX, HPUnix, Linux, DEC Unix) Microsoft Disk Operating System (MS-DOS), WIN95/98, WIN NT, OS/2 etc.

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