COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

COMPUTER SOFTWARE

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
This has a centralized OS kernel which is responsible for managing the entire system. Is considered the mother of most OS (1965), is proprietary but some versions are free for development use
A
macOS
B
Linux
C
Unix
D
MS-Dos
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The shell. The shell acts as an interface between the user and the kernel. When a user logs in, the login program checks the username and password, and then starts another program called the shell. The shell is a command line interpreter (CLI).

Detailed explanation-2: -Linux uses the monolithic kernel which consumes more running space whereas Windows uses the micro-kernel which takes less space but lowers the system running efficiency than Linux.

Detailed explanation-3: -Linux is a free, open source operating system, released under the GNU General Public License (GPL). Anyone can run, study, modify, and redistribute the source code, or even sell copies of their modified code, as long as they do so under the same license.

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