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What is the difference between operating systems and ms-Office?
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Operating system (OS) is a program that is an interface between other programs and physical hardware, your computer. Literally, it makes your computer to funtion.
It communicates also with MS Office.
MS Office on the other hand is a set of programs that are used to perform office tasks such as:
MS Word - text processor
MS Excel - spreadsheets
MS Powerpoint - presentations
MS Access - databases.
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