Survey of Operating Systems, 5e
Survey of Operating Systems, 5e
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ISBN: 9781259618635
Author: Jane Holcombe, Charles Holcombe
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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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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