COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT How Is an Operating System That Runs on Computers

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Multiple Choice

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT How is an operating system that runs on computers provided by a variety of manufacturers classified?

• A) multiprocessing
• B) proprietary software
• C) device-independent
• D) generic

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Definitions:

Monroe Doctrine

A principle of US foreign policy, declared in 1823, which opposed European colonialism in the Americas and stated that any intervention by external powers would be seen as a threat to the US.

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