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Mac OS X (now macOS)runs on the same kernel used in its predecessor, Mac OS 9.

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B) False

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While earlier versions of this OS ran only on computers with the Motorola PowerPC chip, the current versions run on computers with Intel processors. Which OS is this?

A) Chrome OS
B) macOS
C) Linux
D) NextStep

E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

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Complete this sentence: "An operating system is …"

What program was the killer app that helped make the IBM PC successful in the 1980's?

What term is used in an OS GUI to describe a specialized file that contains information about the locations of other files?

Of the mobile OSs discussed in this chapter, which one is legally installed only on devices from a single manufacturer?

What version of UNIX came out of a California university, and carries the name of that campus?

Which of the following network technologies is the default for a smartphone?

This type of small integrated circuit is central to a desktop computer, performing the processing for the computer.

The native user interface for Linux is a command-line interface.

What hardware feature of most mobile devices is used by a mobile OS to detect when to rotate the screen to allow you to read or view the image properly?

Although this OS predates microcomputers, today a wide variety of platforms still use recent versions.

Complete this sentence: "Mobile devices do not have a single "killer app" that compels people to purchase them, rather an individual may be compelled to buy a certain mobile device based on …"

Storage on a mobile device is usually an SSD.

Give at least two examples of computer input.

What OS function controls the focus (where the operating system's attention is at any given moment) and allows the user to move the focus from one application to another as the user brings it to the foreground?

Name at least two microcomputers created in the 1970s.

The most controversial changes to Windows in Windows 8 were to the GUI.

What screen is the heart of the GUI introduced in Windows 8?

What one nontechnical fact separates Linux desktop distributions from Windows and macOS?