Q.The operating system is an example of:
(A) Application software
(B) Utility software
(C) System software
(D) Open-source hardware

The way to classify a program is to ask whether it runs the computer itself or does the user's particular task.

It controls and manages the whole computer — the hardware, memory, files, and programs — and provides the platform on which other software runs, which is precisely what system …

Section g classifies software into system, utility, and application software. The operating system (OS) is the most important piece of system software: it starts the computer, manages the hardware (CPU, memory, storage, devices), runs the user's programs, manages files, and provides the interface through which the user works. It controls the computer itself and provides the platform on which everything else runs — the defining role of system software. So option (C) is correct. …

Do not label the operating system as application software just because you use it every day. Application software does a user's specific task; the operating syste …