Which among the following is not an operating system?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → MS Office
An operating system is the basic software that runs a computer or phone: it manages the memory, the files and the devices, and lets other programs run on it. MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and so on) is application software: a set of programs that runs on an operating system to do particular jobs.
Option (2) Windows — Microsoft’s operating system for personal computers.
Option (3) Linux — a free, open-source operating system, used widely on servers.
Option (4) Android — Google’s operating system for mobile phones and tablets, built on Linux.