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Which of the following is an example of software ? (A) A CPU (B) Random Access Memory (C) A hard disk (D) An operating system

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Question added by Emad Mohammed said abdalla , ERP & IT Software, operation general manager . , AL DOHA Company
Date Posted: 2015/07/25

Really? The Answer is

(D) An Operating System.

The others are hardware.

-- CPU Central Processing Unit is the brain of the Computer which include FPU, L1, L2, L3, LLC for new ones, Graphical Processing Unit and so on

-- RAM Random Access Memory is where all the data are stored when the computer is operating, meaning that it will loose data if the computer goes off.

-- Hard Disk is where data are permanently stored

Ali Adnan Zafar Rajpot
by Ali Adnan Zafar Rajpot , Auditor/Audit Trainee , Hameed Zahid & Co

operating system is the example of software

Mohammed Shereef
by Mohammed Shereef , IT support Engineer , Qaid live media PVT LTD, Cochin

Operating system. shortly call as OS

Emmanuel Ponce
by Emmanuel Ponce , Regional Master Control Unit Manager , GMA Network Inc.

Answer is (D). An Operating System is an example of a software.

Kamal Kant
by Kamal Kant , Team Leader , Presource Techies

operating system is the example of a software

khalid khan
by khalid khan , Admin / Marketing Executive , Work in UAE

my answer is option (D) an operating system

D) an Operating System, is a software because operating system is a set of programs/softwares.

Manal Moris Gayed Gatas
by Manal Moris Gayed Gatas , production engineer , Marina Platforms

(D) 

operating systems such as windows XP,7,8 are considered software 

But (A),(B)and (C)are examples of hardware

AKANSHA TYAGI
by AKANSHA TYAGI , MEMBER TECHNICAL STAFF , Eninov Systems Pvt. Ltd

An Operating System is a software and specifically it a type of system software.

HAMZAH ALI ABDULRAHMAN QASEM
by HAMZAH ALI ABDULRAHMAN QASEM , Lecturer , TwinTech University

D= OS

The remaining componments are hardware parts of the comouter 

Aljiledan Habeeb Mohsin
by Aljiledan Habeeb Mohsin , Saleman& Techinicain , New Power computer

Obviously D operating system

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