FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

APPLICATION SYSTEM SOFTWARE

SYSTEMS SOFTWARE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A Virtual Machine is said to ____ (7-9)
A
Allow the user to play games with Virtual Reality Glasses
B
Allow the user to virtually use an Operating System
C
Allow a MAC to run on Windows
D
Hide the complexities of the hardware from the user
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Explanation: The Virtual Machine is presented by the Operating System to the user, hiding all the complexities of the hardware behind layers of OS software. The final layers of the operating system are the user Interface and the Application programming interface, which calls on the services of the Operating System.

Detailed explanation-2: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is Operating System. An Operating System (OS) is an interface between a computer user and computer hardware.

Detailed explanation-3: -One of the purposes of an operating system is to hide the peculiarities of specific hardware devices from the user.

Detailed explanation-4: -Device driver – a software program that is designed to control a particular hardware device that is attached to a computer. The main purpose of device driver – it acts as a translator between the hardware device and operating systems or applications that use it.

Detailed explanation-5: -A virtual machine (VM) is a digital version of a physical computer. Virtual machine software can run programs and operating systems, store data, connect to networks, and do other computing functions, and requires maintenance such as updates and system monitoring.

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