Banking Computers Science Sample Paper Computer - Sample Paper - 17

  • question_answer
    The program which takes user input, interprets it and takes necessary action is___________

    A) Kernel   

    B)        System calls

    C) Shell                

    D)        Scheduler

    E) None of these

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    The shell is an interactive program that gets user input, interprets it and then takes necessary action accordingly, it acts like a command interpreter for the user. As soon as a command is received from a user. The shell looks for a matching intrinsic: command and executes it. If it doesn't find an intrinsic command. It searches for a disk file corresponding to the command and execute it. During this process it substitutes any variable and other commands listed in the command line. It also handles I/O redirection and can execute batch files containing other UNIX  commands and control structures 


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