Software

Question 1

Application Software

Productivity Software

Answer 1

Software that you do things on e.g. Word, Power Point,

Paint, Flappy Bird

Question 2

System Software

Answer 2

(Operating System) Software that manages the “internal affairs” of the computer. (E.G. Windows, IOS, and Lennox.)

Question 3

Open Source Software

Answer 3

Software available to the community at no cost, code can be changed and redistributed.

Question 4

Freeware

Answer 4

Copyrighted software available to the community at no cost, code CANNOT be changed and redistributed.

Question 5

Shareware

Answer 5

Software downloadable from the internet, usually trial basis free period followed by purchase.

Question 6

Cookies

Answer 6

a packet of data sent by an Internet server to a browser, which is returned by the browser each time it subsequently accesses the same server, used to identify the user or track their access to the server.

Question 7

Defragmentation

Answer 7

(of software) reduce the fragmentation of (a file) by concatenating parts stored in separate locations on a disk.

Question 8

Spyware

Answer 8

software that enables a user to obtain covert information about another’s computer activities by transmitting data covertly from their hard drive.

Question 9

Virus

Answer 9

malicious software program that, when executed, replicates by reproducing itself (copying its source code) or infecting other computer programs by modifying them.

Question 10

Malaware

Answer 10

short for malicious software, computer programs designed to infiltrate and damage computers.