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Question 1

Software categories

Answer 1

• application software
• system software
• utility software
• operating system

Question 2

system software

Answer 2

System software provides the
services that the computer requires

Within the system software:
Operating systems=
An operating system is responsible for important functions such as how a file is written to a hard drive or a program is loaded into RAM
Utility software=
Utility software helps in configuring and maintaining the computer or device

Question 3

application software

Question 4

Disk defragmenter

Answer 4

When files are saved to a magnetic hard disk they are stored in the next available space
This can lead to files being split into fragments which take longer to access as the drive head has to move more
Defragmentation software puts each file back into one contiguous location