Multiple choice technology

The combination of the operating system and the processor is referred to as the computer’s:

  1. CPU.

  2. platform

  3. BIOS

  4. CMOS
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Platform refers to the combination of hardware architecture (processor/CPU type) and operating system software that defines the computing environment. For example 'Windows on Intel' or 'Linux on ARM' are platforms. CPU is just the processor, BIOS is firmware, and CMOS is configuration memory - none of these capture both hardware and OS together. Platform is the standard term for the hardware/OS combination in computing.

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