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Q136 (CISF/2018) Science & Technology › ICT, AI, Cybersecurity & Emerging Tech

Which one of the following is not an operating system ?

Explanation

An Operating System (OS) is the primary system software that manages a computer's hardware and software resources and provides common services for computer programs.

  • UNIX: A multi-user, multitasking operating system developed in the 1960s/70s.
  • Microsoft Windows: A family of proprietary graphical operating systems developed by Microsoft.
  • LINUX: A well-known open-source, Unix-like operating system.

Microsoft Access is NOT an operating system. It is a Database Management System (DBMS) and part of the Microsoft Office suite. It is an application software used for storing, retrieving, and managing data in a relational database format, rather than managing the computer's core hardware functions.

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