Software

Question 1

What is a real time system?

Answer 1

It must respond immediately. Must always have a bounded time to complete

Question 2

What is batch processing?

Answer 2

Performs many similar tasks or jobs, without the need for user interventions

Question 3

What is multitasking?

Answer 3

Processing of swapping applications in and out of the CPU, this gives the illusion that they are running parallel

Question 4

What is a knowledge base system?

Answer 4

Contains a large database of facts which are used by an inference engine to arrive at a solution. It has a knowledge base, rule base, inference engine and HCI.

Question 5

What is CAD/CAM?

Answer 5

Process of designing a product on a computer and testing it on different simulations and making thousands of the same copy

Question 6

What is a utility program?

Answer 6

A systems program designed to perform a commonplace task e.g. the transfer of data from one storage device to another

Question 7

What is a peer to peer network?

Answer 7

Can talk to another computer on the network, no computer has a higher status than another

Question 8

What is client/server?

Answer 8

Where a single powerful PC will offer services such as file storage or websites

Question 9

What are operating systems?

Answer 9

System software that manages the software, hardware and other resources of the PC

Question 10

What is the difference between Single user OS and multiple user OS?

Answer 10

Single only allows a single user to access the computer where as multiple will allow multiple users the access a PC at the same time