SURVEY OF OPERATING SYSTEMS
SURVEY OF OPERATING SYSTEMS
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ISBN: 9781260096002
Author: Holcombe
Publisher: RENT MCG
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The phrase that accurately describes the overall trend in computing during the past 70-plus years is “Toward physically smaller, more-powerful computers”.

Hence, the correct answer is option “D”.

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