COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

COMPUTER SOFTWARE

SYSTEM SOFTWARE

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

Which one is true about Open source software from the following?

A	It is very expensive.
B	It is made to make profit.
C	It made for the betterment of other people.
D	Well tested and reliable and updates will be regularly be issued.

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Which of the following is true about open source software? The program can be changed and freely distributed.

Detailed explanation-2: -With closed source software (also known as proprietary software), the public is not given access to the source code, so they can’t see or modify it in any way. But with open source software, the source code is publicly available to anyone who wants it, and programmers can read or change that code if they desire.

Detailed explanation-3: -Prime examples of open-source products are the Apache HTTP Server, the e-commerce platform osCommerce, internet browsers Mozilla Firefox and Chromium (the project where the vast majority of development of the freeware Google Chrome is done) and the full office suite LibreOffice.

Detailed explanation-4: -Free Software and Open Source can be used interchangeably. Free Software can always be run, studied, modified and redistributed with or without changes. Most of Free Software licenses also qualify for Open Source.

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