Under Windows XP, application programs are not allowed to directly access the hardware or the device drivers, so when a user issues a command that requires operating system support, the program communicates with the kernel through an __________.

a. interrupt
b. supervisor call
c. application programming interface or API
d. The premise of this question is false.


c. application programming interface or API

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a. single quotes b. underscores c. asterisks d. brackets

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What is used to configure data sources for applications that require access to a database?

A. ODBC B. iSCSI Initiator C. Memory Diagnostics Tool D. Event Viewer

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Variables used to store integer values should be declared with the keyword.

a) integer b) int c) intvariable d) None of the above.

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What are the two sublayers that the OSI Physical layer is broken into with the IEEE model?

What will be an ideal response?

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