Microsoft Windows is a family of graphical operating systems developed by Microsoft that consists of several families catering to different sectors of the computing industry. A linker is a computer program that combines object files generated by a compiler into a single executable file. Firefox is a web browser that is smaller, faster, and more secure than Mozilla from which much of its code was originally derived.
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5. MicrosoftWindows, or simply Windows, is a metafamily of
graphical operating systems developed, marketed, and sold
by Microsoft. It consists of several families of operating
systems, each of which cater to a certain sector of the
computing industry with the OS typically associated with
IBM PC compatible architecture.
Acronym for disk operating system.The term DOS can
refer to any operating system, but it is most often used as
a shorthand for MS-DOS (Microsoft disk operating
system). Originally developed by Microsoft for IBM, MS-
DOS was the standard operating system for IBM-
compatible personal computers.
6. In computing, a linker or linker software is a computer program that
takes one or more object files generated by a compiler and combines
them into a single executable file, library file, or another object file
A simpler version that writes its output directly to memory is called the
loader, though loading is typically considered a separate process
HDA boot sector is a region of a hard disk, floppy disk, optical
disc, or other data storage device that contains machine code to
be loaded into random-access memory (RAM) by a computer
system's built-in firmware.
8. Firefox is aWeb browser that is smaller, faster, and in some ways more
secure than the Mozilla browser from which much of its code was
originally derived. Compared to Internet Explorer, the most popular
Web browser, Firefox gives users a cleaner interface and faster
download speeds
Safari is a web browser
developed by Apple based on the
WebKit engine. First released in
2003 with Mac OS X Panther, a
mobile version has been included
in iOS devices since the
introduction of the iPhone in
2007. It is the default browser on
Apple devices
Opera is a web browser for
Windows, macOS, and
Linux operating systems
developed by Opera
Software. It uses the Blink
layout engine.An earlier
version using the Presto
layout engine is still
available, and runs on
FreeBSD systems
9. Google Chrome is a
freeware web
browser developed
by Google. It was
first released in
2008, for Microsoft
Windows, and was
later ported to
Linux, macOS, iOS
and Android.
Internet Explorer is a series of graphical
web browsers developed by Microsoft
and included in the MicrosoftWindows
line of operating systems, starting in
1995. It was first released as part of the
add-on package Plus! forWindows 95
that year