A(n) consists of a series of related instructions, organized for a common purpose, that tells the computer what tasks to perform and how to perform them.

The correct answer is "Program".  

Explanation:

Program is the collection of statement or instruction which is developed for creating any software or any purpose. The program is implemented or executed by a computer to perform a particular task.The particular programmer always writes an instruction to develop a program.

Program are always organized for the common purpose, that specifies the computer what tasks to perform as well as how to perform that particular task for example if programmer develops a program of calculator then it should be only used for the calculation purpose.

answerrandom access memory (ram);