One Type of System Software, the Operating System (Shown in the Accompanying

question 85

Multiple Choice

One type of system software, the operating system (shown in the accompanying figure) ____.

• A) contains instructions that coordinate all of the activities of the hardware devices in a computer
• B) is only important when a computer processes information
• C) is not loaded into memory when a computer is first turned on
• D) is loaded into memory from a floppy disk each time a computer is turned on

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