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IT A+ Vocab 1002 > Maintaining And Optimizing OSes > Flashcards

Maintaining And Optimizing OSes Flashcards

1
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The process of keeping software updated in a safe and timely fashion

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Patch management

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Microsoft’s primary distribution tool for handling patch management is a Settings tool or Control Panel applet

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Windows Update

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A large bundle of updates plus anything else Microsoft might choose to add. Invariably large and are often packaged with Windows

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Service Pack

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4
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These updates address security or stability issues and are the most critical

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Important Update

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5
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An update that is an added feature or enhancement that is not critical

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Recommended Update

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Updates that include device drivers, language packs, and other nonessential updates

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Optional Update

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7
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Windows 10 update that are classic patches that are now cumulative

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Quality Update

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Essentially new versions of Windows and are released twice a year in the Spring and Fall. They’re a reinstall of Windows, named by year and month (yymm format), and are controlled by what channel you’re on: Insiders, Semi-Annual Channel (targeted), Semi-Annual Channel, or Long-Term Servicing Branch (only available in the Enterprise license)

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Feature Update

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Utility built into Windows that can help users clean up their hard drives by removing temporary Internet files, deleting unused program files, and more

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Disk Cleanup

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A program that maintains performance by rearranging chunks of data on a storage device to ensure chunks that comprise a file are stored contiguously

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Disk Defragmenter (Win 7)/Optimize Drives (Win 8+)

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Apple’s disk maintenance utility/tool that combines error checking with partitioning and other disk management tasks. To check a disk for problems, select the disk, and click the First Aid button

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Disk Utility

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Current versions of Windows used this Administrative Tool to schedule maintenance. Divides tasks into triggers, actions, and conditions

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Task Scheduler

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Actions or schedules that start a program

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Triggers

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Steps that define both the program to run and how it is to run

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Actions

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Extra criteria that must be met for the program to run

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Conditions

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16
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Apple developed scripting tool to run all sorts of tasks automatically in the background

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launchd

17
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Linux distros use this scripting tool that is more universal and older

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cron

18
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Control Panel applet introduced in Windows 8 for backing up personal files and folders

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File History

19
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A utility to edit and troubleshoot OS and program startup processes and services in Win 7

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System Configuration utility/msconfig

20
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Pane of System Preferences that allows you to readily select or deselect apps that might load with specific user accounts

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Users & Groups (macOS)

21
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Dialog box that allows you to deselect the check box next to a program you do or don’t want to start at boot

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Startup Application Preferences

22
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Built-in Windows utility that collects information about hardware resources, components, and the software environment

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System Information tool (msinfo32)

23
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A shell program in Windows that holds individual utilities called snap-ins, designed for administration and troubleshooting. Apps in Administrative Tools are preconfigured ones

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Microsoft Management Console (MMC)

24
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Keeping the performance of an OS from degrading with time and use

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Maintenance

25
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Anything done that makes Windows better than it was before

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Optimization

26
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An optimization that can be performed on Windows. Used to configure CPU, RAM, and virtual memory (page file) settings

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Performance Options

27
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Used to create full system backups in macOS. Enables you to recover some or all files in the event of a crash and to restore deleted files and recover previous versions of files. Requires an external HDD or SSD or a shared network drive

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Time Machine

28
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Backup created by Time Machine

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Local Snapshot

29
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A tool that enables you to create a restore point

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System Restore

30
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Snapshot of a computer’s configuration at a specific point in time

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Restore Point

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