Digital Tech + Innovations Utilites Test Flashcards
What is an operating system?
A collection of programs that manage and coordinate everything you do on your computer
What is an operating system (OS)?
A collection of programs that manage and coordinate the
activities taking place within the computer.
What does an operating system do?
- Boots the Computer
- Interfaces with Users
- Configures Devices
- Manages and Monitors resources and jobs
- Manages all files
- Security
What is a user interface?
The means by which an operating system or any other program interacts with the user.
What is a Device driver/simply driver?
(or simply drivers) are used to communicate with peripheral devices.
What is plug and play?
When an operating system installs a the appropriate driver automatically.
To interface with users what does the OS do?
- it translates user instructions into a form the computer
can understand. - also translates any feedback from hardware—such as a
signal that the printer has run out of paper.
What does the OS do when it boots the computer?
- The core of the operating system, the kernel, is loaded into memory.\
- The operating system determines the hardware devices that
are connected to the computer and ensures they are
configured properly. - The OS then reads an opening batch of instructions that
assign tasks to carry out. (like launching a security program)
What does the OS do when it “manages and monitors resources and jobs”?
- manages your computer’s resources (such
as software, disk space, and memory). - The OS schedules jobs (such as documents to be printed or
files to be retrieved from a hard drive).
what is scheduling routines?
the order in which jobs are
carried out, as well as which commands get executed first
What does the OS do when it manages all files?
- it keeps track of the files stored on a
computer so that they can be retrieved when needed
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What is a file path?
a path shows you the folders you must travel through to get to a particular file
What is the file path to go from route directory to mary? (See slideshow)
C:/Documents/Letters/Mary
What is the file route to go from route directory to English? (See slideshow)
C:/Documents/SchoolPapers/English
What is the file path to go from route directory to windows?
C:/Windows
What does the OS do regarding security?
- Can use passwords, biometric
characteristics to limit access to the
system. - Can uses an integrated firewall to protect against unauthorized access via the Internet, or an option to download and install security patches.
What are the three most popular operating systems?
- Windows
- Apple/Mac OS
- Linux
What is the most common user-interface?
Graphical user interface (GUI)
What is MS-DOS?
MS-DOS (disk operating system) is a used command line interface prominent in the 80’s and 90’s.
Explain what a command line interface looks like.
It is a black screen with white writing that runs code and starts up your device and is used to perform tasks.
What percent of the market does Windows hold?
90%
What are the different windows versions?
Windows 1.0 in 1985
- Windows 3, 3.1, 3.11
(Operating environments for
DOS)
- Windows 95
- Windows NT
- Windows Me
- Windows 2000
- Windows XP
- Windows Vista
- Windows 7
- Windows 8
- Windows 10
What is MAC-OS
- ## The operating system fro apple
Who creating the first Graphical User Interface (GUI)?
Apple
Who stole the GUI from apple?
May companies copied this but most prominently bill gated stole that idea and created Microsoft with it.
What is Linux?
- Linux is an open source operating system
- Linux began in command but now is a GUI
What is an open source OS?
Open Source to the public means that anyone can see the code, some allow to modify, customize and improve it.
Are Microsoft and MAC-OS open source OS’s?
No
What are the two types of Linux?
Linux Ubuntu (older) + Linux mint
What is software?
software is the programs and other operating information used by a computer.
What is system software?
Its software that helps the computer carry out basic operating functions.
What are some examples of system software?
- Operating system
- Device drivers
- Utilities
- programming languages
What is a device driver?
The small applications/programs that are used to communicate with peripheral devices (hard drive, printer, USB etc)
What is a utility software?
- Software designed help in the management and tuning of operating systems, computer hardware and application software
Examples of utility software
- Disk defragmenters: Disk Defrag
- System Profilers: Speccy
- Network managers: Frame Low
- Application Launchers: Rocket Dock
- Virus scanners: Nornton Virus
What are some popular programming languages?
- Java
- Python
- C++
- C
- C#
What is application software?
This is software that causes a computer to perform useful tasks beyond the running of the computer itself (ex games, edu software and buisness software)
What are the 7 types of application/utility software?
- Utility applications
- Entertainment software
- Graphic/Photo Editing applications
- Accessory application
- Business application
- Video editing and DVD applications
- Educational and referencing software
What is entertainment software and what are two examples of that?
- Games, anything entertaining
- Examples include minecradt, leuge of legends, battlefeild, quake, open arena, nexius etc
What are two utility software application examples?
- Windows security
- Windows defender firewall
- Linux Netfilter
- Linux Passwords and Keys
What is graphic/photo editing applications and what are two examples?
- Graphic/photo editing applications are applications used to edit photos and media
- Examples include, adobe photoshop, Blender and Gimp
What is a accessory application and what are two examples?
- A accessory application is any device added to a computer that performs an additional capability or feature, but is not required
- Examples include, calculator, and cura
What is a business application and what are two examples?
- A business application is a collection of professional applications that provide a business functionality
- Examples include, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Powerpoint, Microsoft Office, LibreOfficeWriter, Slack, Signal etc
What is video editing and DVD software and what are two examples?
- Video editing and DVD software is software that is used to cut and trim videos, add things things to them etc.
- Examples include, CapCut, ShotCut and ClipChamp
What is educational software and what are two examples?
- Educational and referencing software is any software that we use to learn or that we use to aid use with learning
- Google Classroom, Duolingo, Class Dojo, PhotoMath, Khan Academy
