Q456
What is the name of the operating system which was originally designed by scientists and engineers for use by scientists and engineers?
A.
XENIX
B.
UNIX
AnswerC.
OS/2
D.
MS DOS
E.
None of the above
Answer: Option B
Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
In 1969 a team led by computer scientists Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie created the first version of UNIX on a PDP-7 minicomputer, which was chosen mainly because of Thompson's familiarity with the system from his hobby work on it.