Explorinf The Maintenance Utilities Of The Operating System Flashcards
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Maintenance and management tasks of the operating system
Computer mobile device operating systems include various system utilities to maintain and manage the device for best use. These system utilities are small programs that work with the operating system of the device to help users maintain and protect their computers
File management utilities
Provide users with a graphical user interface (GUI) that they can use to organize files and folders
Utility functions
Managing files
Searching
View images
Compressing files
Cleaning up disks
File compressors
Fike compresaion utility software uses advanced algorithms and mathematical formulas to decrease the amount of space uses by files. The uniform fike format is called a zipped file (. zip)
File compression utility software is used to
Compress(pack) : convert the original file into the compressed file format used by that software.
Decompress (unpack) : Decrompress the fike from the compresses dike format into original file format.
Scheduling utility
schedule utility apps are extremely useful as they allow you schedule tasks to run automatically
Examples
Updating software
Backing up data
Sending email alerts
Report scheduling
Software updates
Adding new features
Fixing bugs
Improving system reliability
Security
Backup utilities
Enables you to copy or back up your data to another storage location such as an external hard drive, USB flash drive, SD Memory card or cloud storage.
Defragmentation
The process of reorganising the files stored on a disk so that the files are stored in adjoinibg sectors
Fragmentation
Occurs from files being constantly written, deletrd snd resized, and can lead to several problems
Security tools
Firewalls
Antivirus programs
Malware removers
Internet filters
Password manager
Virus and threat protection
The best way to protect against viruses and other types of malware is to use an Antivirus software application to scan your computer for known viruses and threats
How to avoid viruses and threats
Conduct regularly scheduled scans
Keep your software up to date.
Enable automatical scanning of email and doenloaded files
Save and then scan all files you download from the internet
Always scan email attachments before open them
Software
Consits of a series of related instructions organised for a common purpose, that tells that computer what tasks to perform and how to perform them.
Obtaining software applications
Retail shops
Microsoft app store.
Mobile app stores
Online retailers.
Open sources sites
Installing software
Installing is the process of setting up the software to work with a computer’s hardware and operating system.
Uninstall and instalk software package
Once installed, you run a program so that you can interact with it. When you instruct a comouter or mobile device to run a program, the computer mobile device loads it, which means the program’s instructions are copied fron storage to memory.
