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 proprietary 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: -Commercial software is any software or program that is designed and developed for licensing or sale to end users or that serves a commercial purpose. Commercial software was once considered to be proprietary software, but now a number of free and open-source software applications are licensed or sold to end users.

Detailed explanation-2: -Examples of proprietary software include Microsoft Windows, Adobe Flash Player, PS3 OS, Orbis OS, iTunes, Adobe Photoshop, Google Earth, macOS (formerly Mac OS X and OS X), Skype, WinRAR, Oracle’s version of Java, Huawei’s HarmonyOS and some versions of Unix.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hence, it can be concluded from the given points that Microsoft windows is an example of proprietary system software.

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