utility software

Question 1

What is the purpose and functionality of Utility Software?

Answer 1

it is a small piece of software designed to perform one or a few tasks.

Question 2

what is formatting

Answer 2

Erase everything that is on a drive. This would make it safe to sell the drive.

Question 3

what is compression software

Answer 3

it compresses files down in size to make more room in the place where they are stored

Question 4

what are backups

Answer 4

a copy of the data in order to be re-accessed if the data is lost

Question 5

what are the two types of backups

Answer 5

incremental
full backup

Question 6

what is an incremental backup

Answer 6

backs up the whole data but when the next backup occurs it only backs up the new data

Question 7

what is a full backup

Answer 7

backs up all the data everytime

Question 8

which backup is better

Answer 8

Incremental backups are faster as it backs up less data but full back ups are faster to be re-accessed as it only needs to re-downloaded once

Question 9

what is defraggmentation

Answer 9

the act of rearranging data on a storage device for efficient storage and access

Question 10

why do disks get fragmented

Answer 10

over time things get deleted leaving spaces, fragmenting the data. this can cause Disk Thrashing on a mechanical HDD