COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

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COMPUTER SOFTWARE

SYSTEM SOFTWARE

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Amin buys a new computer with an operating system and some utilities.Some of the software in Amin’s computer is open source.Describe what is meant by open source software.Answers:3
A
The source code is distributed with the software
B
The customer can modify the source code
C
The customer can redistribute the source code (with the same licence / restrictions)
D
The program comes pre-compiled with no source code
E
The customer must not modify the source code
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -System software consists of the operating system and utility programs that control a computer system and allow you to use a computer.

Detailed explanation-2: -The first thing a computer has to do when it is turned on is start up a special program called an operating system. The operating system’s job is to help other computer programs to work by handling the messy details of controlling the computer’s hardware.

Detailed explanation-3: -Archivers, backup software, data compression utilities and file managers fall in the category of file management utilities. All the disk related software utilities fall into this type of utility. They can be disk checkers, disk partition editors, disk formatters, disk space analysers and so on.

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