MCQ IN COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

SYSTEM SOFTWARE

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

Which one of these best describes open source software?

A	A type of operating system.
B	Free software downloaded from the internet.
C	Software bought from a shop.
D	None of the above

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Open source software is code that is designed to be publicly accessible-anyone can see, modify, and distribute the code as they see fit.

Detailed explanation-2: -Open source software is software with source code that anyone can inspect, modify, and enhance. “Source code” is the part of software that most computer users don’t ever see; it’s the code computer programmers can manipulate to change how a piece of software-a “program” or “application"-works.

Detailed explanation-3: -LINUX is a free and open-source operating system.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

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