computer software designed to provide the operating system and application
software access to specific computer hardware
A)application programming interface
B)batch processing
C)device driver
D)kernel
E)power-on self test
F)resource managers
G)shell
H)supercomputer
I)task switching
J)time-sharing system

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

A device driver is software designed to provide the operating system and application software access to specific computer hardware, such as printers or graphics cards.

(Note: A is also a possible answer, but an application programming interface is more of a set of protocols for building software rather than software itself.)

Computer Software Designed to Provide the Operating System and Application