FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

Detailed explanation-1: -Windows 10 is the most popular Windows desktop operating system, accounting for a market share of around 69 percent as of January 2023. The share of devices running the older Windows 7 OS has slipped over the past year, with the newer Windows 11 running on around 18 percent of devices.

Detailed explanation-2: -An operating system (OS) is the program that, after being initially loaded into the computer by a boot program, manages all of the other application programs in a computer. The application programs make use of the operating system by making requests for services through a defined application program interface (API).

Detailed explanation-3: -Windows 11 is the latest major release of Microsoft’s Windows NT operating system, released in October 2021. It is a free upgrade to its predecessor, Windows 10 (2015), and is available for any Windows 10 devices that meet the new Windows 11 system requirements.

Detailed explanation-4: -Windows 10 has a 58% share of all PCs (the rest being other Windows editions and other operating systems such as macOS and Linux), and a 22% share of all devices (including mobile, tablet and console) are running Windows 10.