Intro. to Computers Ch. 3
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- What software enables the coputer to perform essintial operating tasks?
- System Software
- What is the term for programs designed to perform specific tasks for the users?
- application software
- What is the activity in which a computer works on more than one process at a time?
- multitasking
- What is the scattering of portions of files about the disk in nonadjacent areas, thus greatly slowing access to the files?
- fragmentation
- Windows and Mac OS are generally used on what type of computer?
- Apple Macintosh
- What is the process of loading an operating system into a computer's main memory?
- booting
- A(n)_______ is a utility that will find all the scatered files on your hard disk and reorganize them as contiguous files?
- disk defragmenter
- What is the component of a system software that comprises the master system of programs that manage the basic operations of the computer?
- operating system
- What is the user-controllable display screen that allows you to communicate, or interact, with your computer?
- user interface
- Disk scanner and disk cleanup utilities detect and correct certain types of common problems on hard disks, such as removing unnecesssary files called______ files that are created by windows only for short tasks and system restore after system problems.
- temporary
- OSs allow users to control access to their computers via use of what two things?
- user ID pswd
- Software or hardware that is ______ means that it is privately owned and controlled by a company.
- copyrighted
- Linus is what type of software? (meaning any programer can download it from the internet for free and modify it w/suggested improvements.
- open-source
- What kind of software allows you to create and edit documents?
- word processing software
- What is the activity of moving upward or downward through the text or other screen display?
- scrolling
- Name four editing features offered by word processing programs:
- Insert and delete, undelete, find and replace, cut/copy and paste.
- In a spreadsheet, the place where row and column intersect is called a:
- Cell