What is a set of instructions that runs on a computer that enables it to execute specific tasks called?
a. code
b. database
c. software
d. query

As for this problem, the most probable and the most likely answer for this would be the first of the 4 options presented which is A. Code.

The code is basically the set of instructions that runs on a computer that enables it to execute specific tasks. They come in from simple ones that are short and very much understandable to the complicated ones that are very long and are only understood to coding literate people. These codes are the key in the computer's ability to perform tasks that are too hassle for a human to do like calculating big numbers and such.

The correct answer would be a.