1.5- System Software Flashcards
What is a user interface?
A suite of programs that allows a user to interact with a computer
What are the three types of user interface?
GUI, CLI, MUI(mobile user interface)
What is multitasking?
Ability to run multiple programs simultaneously.
What is memory management?
Managing memory so more than one program can run at a time, and more than one document can be opened at a time
What is peripheral management?
Management of hardware devices such as mouse, keyboard
What are drivers?
Software that controls and communicates with peripherals. Means any device can be used with the OS, as long as it has a driver, and drivers can be updated to give better performance or remove a bug
What is user management?
Allows individual users to be created, access levels to be given to users, keeping a log of files a user accesses, creates, edits, deletes etc
What does file management allow a user to do?
-Create, modify, edit, delete files and folders
-Copy and duplicate files and folders
-Move files and folders
-Rename files and folders
-Sort items into orders according to name, file type, size etc
- Search through files and folders
-Restore deleted files
-Set access rights to files
What is the purpose of utility software?
Utility software helps to maintain a system
Examples of utility software
Defrag
Encryption
Compression
Backup
What is defragmentation?
Over time file segments on a drive get split up from each other
Groups free space together
Groups and stores all different files on a drive consecutively
What is a full backup?
A full backup involves making a copy of every single file on the computer or network, which takes lots of storage and time
