Although an Operating System Does a Lot of Application-Specific Work

question 14

True/False

Although an operating system does a lot of application-specific work, it does little to make the computer usable.

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Definitions:

Displacement

The quality of language that permits one to communicate information about objects and events in another time and place.

Language Acquisition Device

A hypothetical module in the human brain posited by Noam Chomsky, suggesting that the ability to learn language is innate to humans.

Nativist Approach

A theory suggesting that certain skills or abilities are "native" or hard-wired into the brain at birth.

Representativeness Heuristic

A mental shortcut used in problem-solving and decision-making where the likelihood of an event is estimated based on how closely it resembles the typical case.