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• Sardar Abdur Rub Nishtar was the Governor of Punjab.
• Province: West Punjab (Pakistan)
• Term: August 1949 to November 1951
• Significance: First native Pakistani governor of the province
• Born: 13 June 1899; Peshawar
• Died: 14 February 1958 (aged 58); Karachi
• Finance Minister for the Northwest Frontier Province (1943–1945)
• Represented the Muslim League at the critical Simla Conference in 1945

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Explanation

• Microsoft Excel is a widely used electronic spreadsheet software.
• It is a core application in Microsoft Office
• Release: September 30, 1985
• Written in: C++ (back-end)

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Explanation

• Tally (accounting software) and MS Office are application software,
• Designed for user-specific tasks, not system software.

Additional information

• System software includes:
• Assembler: Translates assembly language into machine code.
• Compiler: Translates high-level language into machine code.
• Interpreter: Directly executes high-level language code without compiling.

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Explanation

• Co-founders: Bill Gates and Paul Allen
• Microsoft Founded: 4 April 1975
• First Windows Release: 20 November 1985
• Company Headquarters: Redmond, Washington, USA
• Current CEO: Satya Nadella

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Explanation

• Windows NT is not application software; it is an Operating System.
• It is a proprietary graphical operating system developed by Microsoft.
• The first version of Windows NT was released on 27 July 1993.
• Examples of Application Software: Microsoft Word (WinWord XP), Adobe PageMaker, MS Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Photoshop

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Explanation

• Type: Operating System (Unix-like)
• Kernel Released: 17 September 1991
• Developer: Linus Torvalds
• License: Open-source (GNU General Public License)
• Common Distributions: Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, Red Hat, Linux Mint

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Explanation

• VPN stands for Virtual Private Network.
• It creates a secure and encrypted connection over the internet to protect user data and privacy.
• A VPN masks the user's IP address and helps hide their browsing activity.
• It is commonly used for secure remote access and online privacy.

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Explanation

• Google is the largest search engine on the internet.
• It holding more than 80% of the global search market share.
• Google is a US multinational technology company that provides internet search services.
• It started as a search engine in 1997.
• It was officially founded on September 4, 1998.
• Its parent organization is Alphabet Inc.

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Explanation

• WWW stands for World Wide Web.

Additional information:

• It is an information system.
• First published: 6 August 1991
• Founder: Tim Berners-Lee in 1989.
• Birthplace: CERN near Geneva, Switzerland.

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Explanation

• A printer is an example of a hard copy output device.
• A printer produces a physical copy of digital information on paper.
• Hard copy can be touched and stored physically.
• Printers and plotters are common examples of hard copy output devices.

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