System software

Question 1

Application software

Answer 1

A software that has been developed to solve a specific problem for users

Question 2

System software

Answer 2

Runs at the most basic level of your computer. helps the computer manage

Question 3

operating system

Answer 3

is the principal component of a computers system software

Question 4

The OS manages

Answer 4

-  Booting
• CPU management
• File management
• Task management
• Security management

Question 5

Operating system

Answer 5

low-level, master system of

programs that manage the basic operations of the computer.

Question 6

Booting involves four steps

Answer 6

1. Turn the computer on.
2. Diagnostic routines test main memory, CPU, and other hardware.
3. Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) programs are copied to main memory.
   • BIOS contains instructions for operating the hardware.
   • The computer needs those instructions to operate the hardware and find a
   copy of the OS.
4. Boot program obtains the OS and loads it into computer’s main memory.

Question 7

Cold boot

Answer 7

turn on computers on system

Question 8

warm boot

Answer 8

restart a computer thats already on

Question 9

boot disk

Answer 9

use a CD or flash drive to boot OS

Question 10

Memory Management

Answer 10

OS keeps track of memory locations to prevent programs and data from
overlapping each other

Question 11

CPU Management: Queues

Answer 11

First-in, first-out (FIFO) sequence of data or programs that waits
in line for its turn to be processed

Question 12

CPU Management: buffers

Answer 12

The place where the data or programs sit while they are waiting

Question 13

A file is either a

Answer 13

a data file

or a system file

Question 14

Task management: a task

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an operation such as storing, printing or calculating

Question 15

Multitasking

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handling more than one program at one time

Question 16

Security management

Answer 16

operating system controls access to computer

Question 17

Device drivers

Answer 17

Come with software in physical form. CD

Question 18

Utilities

Answer 18

Service programs that perform tasks related to the control and allocation of
computer resources.
Ex, Backup, virus protection, data recovery, data compression,

Question 19

user interface

Answer 19

the medium of communication with the computer

Question 20

graphical user interface (GUI)

Answer 20

Three main features of GUI are

desktop, icons, and menus.

Question 21

rollover

Answer 21

a pop up window that explains something when your mouse is over it

Question 22

desktop

Answer 22

systems main interface screen

Question 23

icons

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small pictoral figures that represent programs data files

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menus

Answer 24

list of options to choose from. Pull up window goes up or down. cascading windows pops out

Question 25

Most operating systems use GUIs with the following:

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title bar, 
menu bar, 
task bar,
tool bar 
windows

Question 26

common operating systems

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stand alone,
network,
embedded,

Question 27

Stand alone operating systems

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Mac platforms—run Apple Macintosh

• PC platforms—run Microsoft Windows

Question 28

network operating systems

Answer 28

novells open enterprise server
unix 
windows
solaris
 BSD
Linux (open sourced free)

Question 29

Embedded operating system

Answer 29

Resides on CPU chip. Used in mobile devices