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Computer Software Flashcards

1
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What is the general purpose software that is used to operate computer hardware?

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System software

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What is a specific purpose software used to perform a specific task?

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Application software

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3
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Spreadsheets, web browser and accounting software are types of what kind of software?

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Application software

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Microsoft Windows, Linux, Max OS and DOS are examples of what kind of software?

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System software

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5
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What is the term for a software that manages computer hardware and software resources and provides common services for computer programs?

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Operating system(OS)

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6
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What are the four categories of operating systems?

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Network
Server
Mobile
Personal computer

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7
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What are three of the most common desktop operating system?

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Windows, Linux and Mac

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Closed-source software is also known as what?

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Proprietary software

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9
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What is the term for an operating system that can be modified and distributed by anyone?

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Open-source software

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10
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Name an example of open source software?

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Linux

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11
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What type of software extends the capabilities of an operating system?

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Utility software

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12
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What is the internal part of an operating system that contains the components that perform the basic functions required by the computer installation?

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Kernel

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13
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What maintains all the records of all the files stored in secondary storage?

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File manager

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14
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What allows end users to communicate with true operating system?

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User interface

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15
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What type of user interface communicates with end users through textual messages using a keyboard and monitor?

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Command-line interface (CLI)

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16
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Contemporary operating systems have what type rod interface that allows end users to issue commands through input devices such as keyboards, mouses or touch screens?

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Graphical User Interface (GUI)

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17
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Whose account is often called a super user or root account?

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Administrator

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18
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What type do shell uses backslashes to express directory paths, not case sensitive, root directory is a letter?

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Windows shell

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What shell uses forward slashes for directory path, is case sensitive, and whose root directory is expressed as a single forward slash

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Linux

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20
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What is the technique rotating programs between primary and secondary memory?

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Paging

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21
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What is the term for software that communicates with controllers or other periphery devices?

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Device drivers

22
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Device drivers are sometimes referred to as what?

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Middleware

23
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What is word processing, spreadsheet, database software classified as?

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Productivity software

24
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What type of software includes online workplaces, document storage, video conferencing?

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Collaboration software

25
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What type of software includes CAD, graphic design, scientific?

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Specialized software

26
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Name the three categories of software architecture?

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Bespoke
Off-the-shelf
Hybrid

27
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Which category of software architecture is custom-made?

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Bespoke

28
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Which category of software architecture is general creation for broad range of users?

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Off-the-shelf

29
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What category of software architecture is customizable from a prepackaged solution?

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Hybrid

30
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What is the term for application software stored on individual computers?

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Local applications

31
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What delivers services including computing ,networks, analytics and intelligence offloading infrastructure requirements to the cloud service provider?

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Cloud computing

32
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What is the term for an app that can be installed as a trial with limited time and functionality?

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Shareware

33
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What is the term for software that is free?

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Freeware

34
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Freeware and shareware are protected by what?

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End user license agreement

35
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What type of software has no EULA and no intellectual property protections and is available for anybody to download?

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Public domain software

36
Q

Which type of language is machine-dependent yet consists of mnemonic processor instructions, data, and other statements that are not directly understandable by machine?

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Assembly languages

37
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Java, C++, and Python are what?

A

High-level languages

38
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What is the term for a collection of instructions written in a programming language and cannot be directly processed by the computer?

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Source code

39
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Source code requires what, which is a special-purpose system software used to translate?

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Language processor

40
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What translates source code into machine language and checks the source code for errors before translating it?

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Compiler

41
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What is another term for resolving errors?

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Debugging

42
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What is the term for the software that translates and executed source code into machine language one line at a time. If an error is forums, the process is terminated

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Interpreter

43
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Java, C, C++ need a what to execute?

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Compilers

44
Q

Perl and Python need a what to execute

A

Interpreter

45
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What high level programming language uses a vocabulary and set of rules to perform certain tasks?

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C++

46
Q

What high-level program is an easy to use language that doesn’t need a compiler to run?

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Python

47
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What high level programming language is designed to enable user engagement with dynamic elements on web pages

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Java Script

48
Q

What high level programming often used in rapid prototyping and the creation of GUIs

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TCL

49
Q

What high level language is an all-purpose language that is especially subtle for web development

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PHP

50
Q

What is the term for a step-by-step formula outlining how to execute a task?

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Algorithm

51
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In the IT world, what is a well-organized, computer implemented instructions that often result in a computation or the solution to a problem

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Algorithm

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