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What is the role of the operating system in hardware functions such as input and output?
What is the role of the operating system in hardware functions such as input and output?
- Directly executing application code
- Providing accounting software for cost allocation
- Acting as an intermediary between programs and the computer hardware (correct)
- Managing computer hardware and software resources
Where are operating systems commonly found?
Where are operating systems commonly found?
- Only on supercomputers
- Exclusively on personal computers
- On cellular phones, video game consoles, web servers, and supercomputers (correct)
- Primarily on web servers and video game consoles
Which operating system holds the dominant market share in the personal computer market as of September 2023?
Which operating system holds the dominant market share in the personal computer market as of September 2023?
- Microsoft Windows (68%) (correct)
- Linux distributions
- macOS by Apple Inc. (20%)
- Chrome OS by Google
