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The software that manages the interaction between the user, the hardware and the programs is the:

AOperating schedule
BOperating standard
COperating sequence
DOperating system
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Operating system
1. Applications cannot touch the hardware directly. 2. Something has to stand between them and manage the machine. 3. That software is the operating system. _Source: OpenStax Introduction to Computer Science, Chapter 5, Computer Systems Design._
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