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What is the difference between operating systems and application software?

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The operating system is what allows the user to interact with the computer's hardware. It has basic services such as accepting commands from the user, managing, loading, and executing programs, and managing hardware resources. Some examples of operating systems are Windows, Linux, Mac OSX, and IOS.

Application software are pieces of software that perform specific tasks such as word processors.
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B: Application software is what the user interacts with, and operating systems are what translate application software

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