COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

COMPUTER SOFTWARE

SYSTEM SOFTWARE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A Virtual Machine is said to ____
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
Hides the complexities of the hardware from the user
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -An operating system (OS) is a set of programs that manage computer resources and run in the background on a computer system, giving an environment in which applications software can be executed. Responsibilities of the OS include: Hiding the complexities of hardware from the user.

Detailed explanation-2: -The operating system must shield the details of the hardware from the application programs, and thus from the user. The operating system has to substitute a set of abstract services to the application programs, to replace the physical hardware services.

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