Chapter 2 Software Flashcards
What is application software?
It allows the computer to do a certain task, such as word processing.
What is system software?
It’s the interface between computer hardware and user application software.
It enables the computer to operate its hardware and applications software.
It includes the operating system and utility programs.
What is the purpose of allocating memory?
To organise the use of main memory between programs and data files as they are transferred to and from the hard disc
What is the purpose for storage?
The OS manages the storage of data and files on external devices, such as a hard drive
What is the purpose of processing time?
It allocates processing time between the programs that are currently in use by dividing the time into a number of time slices and, depending on the priority of the tasks to be processed, each task is allocated a number of these time slices.
What does OS stand for?
Operating system
