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Question 32Asked in Bihar STET Paper 2 Computer Science (Class 11-12), 12 Sep 2023, Shift 2 + 1 more paper

The need for a command interpreter arises because:

  1. AHardware cannot execute programs directly
  2. BAll programming languages require an interpreter
  3. CSoftware cannot run on hardware
  4. DUsers prefer typing commands over using GUIs
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Correct answer: (A) Hardware cannot execute programs directly

Explanation

Users' typed commands cannot be executed by the hardware as they are; the command interpreter (shell) reads each command and translates it into system calls and programs the machine can run.

From Bihar STET Paper 2 Computer Science (Class 11-12) PYQ, 12 Sep 2023, Shift 2

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