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What is the primary benefit of using an operating system?
What is the primary benefit of using an operating system?
- Adding complexity to the underlying hardware
- Increasing the size of every application
- Making software development impractical
- Reducing the need for applications to handle low-level functionality (correct)
Why would every application need its own UI without an operating system?
Why would every application need its own UI without an operating system?
- To offload common tasks to system software
- To ensure consistent interaction with hardware
- To handle low-level functionality of the underlying computer (correct)
- To display text on a standard output device
What does an operating system offload to system software?
What does an operating system offload to system software?
- Displaying text on a standard output device
- Handling all low-level functionality (correct)
- Sending a network packet
- Interacting with hardware
What does an operating system provide for applications to interact with hardware?
What does an operating system provide for applications to interact with hardware?
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How does an operating system impact the size of applications?
How does an operating system impact the size of applications?
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