APPLICATION SYSTEM SOFTWARE
WHAT IS COMPUTER SOFTWARE
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IOS
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Windows XP
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Detailed explanation-1: -Microsoft Windows, also called Windows and Windows OS, computer operating system (OS) developed by Microsoft Corporation to run personal computers (PCs). Featuring the first graphical user interface (GUI) for IBM-compatible PCs, the Windows OS soon dominated the PC market.
Detailed explanation-2: -Windows XP is a major release of Microsoft’s Windows NT operating system.
Detailed explanation-3: -For desktop and laptop computers, Windows is the most used at 76%, followed by Apple’s macOS at 16%, and Linux-based operating systems at 5% (i.e. “desktop Linux” at 2.6%, plus Google’s ChromeOS at 2.4%, in the US up to 6.2%).
Detailed explanation-4: -Examples of operating systems include: UNIX, Linux, MAC OS X, as well as the Microsoft (MS) line: MS-DOS (acronym for Microsoft-Disk Operating System), Microsoft Windows (3.1, 3.11, 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000) and now Windows XP.