One of the driving forces in operating system evolution is advancement in the underlying hardware technology.
(a) true
(b) false

True

Explanation:Driving forces of the hardware technology consist of the internal as well as external technology that works as the factor of improvement of the operating system.

Hardware system got evolved in the terms of the size.Compactness of the hardware parts in the operating system made it more handy and took less space .Along with decrements of the size ,advancement in the working , storage space, processing also took place. The working of hardware became faster and thus the statement given is true.