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Operating System- Week 3 Vocab Flashcards

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Android

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A mobile operating system based on Linux

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Application

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A computer program designed for a specific use

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BIOS/UEFI

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A low-level software that initializes our computer’s hardware to make sure everything is good to go

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Block storage

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It improves faster handling of data because the data isn’t stored in one long piece but in blocks, so it can be accessed more quickly

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Boot

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To start up a computer

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Bootloader

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A small program that loads the operating system

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Chrome OS

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A Linux-based operating system designed by Google

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Command Line Interface (CLI)

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A shell that uses text commands to interact with the operating system

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Computer file

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Data that we store and a file can be anything, a word document, a picture, a song, literally anything

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Data blocks

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Data that can be broken down into many pieces and written to different parts of the hard disk

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Distributions

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Some common Linux distributions are Ubuntu, Debian, and Red Hat

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Etcher.io

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A tool you can use to load an install image onto your USB device and make it bootable

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File extension

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The appended part of a filename that tells us what type of file it is in certain operating systems

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File handling

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A process of storing data using a program

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File system

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A system used to manage files

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Finder

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The file manager for all Macs

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Folders/Directories

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Used to organize files

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Hardware resource deficiency

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It refers to the lack of system resources like memory, hard drive space, et cetera

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HFS+/APFS

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HFS+ is a journaling system developed by Apple Inc. and APFS is another but more encrypted Apple journaling system

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Hostname

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Used to identify the computer when it needs to talk to other computers

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Input/Output device

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A device that performs input and output, including monitors, keyboards, mice, hard disk drives, speakers, bluetooth headsets, webcams, and network adapters

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Install image

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A downloadable operating system image used to install an operating system on a device

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I/O management

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Anything that can give us input or that we can use for output of data

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iOS

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A mobile operating system developed by Apple Inc.

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Kernel
The main core of an operating system that creates processes, efficiently schedules them, and manages how processes are terminated
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Logs
Files that record system events on our computer
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Mac OS
Apple's operating system
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Memory management
One of the functions that a kernel performs; it optimizes memory usage and make sure our applications have enough memory to run
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Metadata
Tells us everything we need to know about a file, including who created it, when it was last modified, who has access to it, and what type of file it is
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Microsoft Terminal Services Client
A client program used to create RDP connections to remote computers
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Open SSH
The most popular program to use SSH within Linux
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Operating system
The whole package that manages our computers resources and lets us interact with it
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PC
Personal computer, which technically means a computer that one person uses
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Plink (PuTTY Link)
A tool built into the command line after PuTTY is installed that is used to make remote SSH connections
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Powershell
A shell (program that interprets text commands) for Windows
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Power user
Above average computer users
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Process management
The capacity to manage the many programs in a system - when to run them, the order they run in, how many resources they take up, how long they run, etc.
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Qwiklabs
An online platform which provides training in cloud services
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Remote connection
The ability to connect an authorized person to a computer or network remotely; allows us to manage multiple machines from anywhere in the world
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Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)
A secure network communication protocol developed by Microsoft that allows a user to connect to another device remotely
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Scalability
The measure of a system’s ability to increase or decrease in performance and cost in response to varying loads in system processing demands
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Shell
A program that interprets text commands and sends them to the OS to execute
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SSH (Secure shell)
A protocol implemented by other programs to securely access one computer from another.
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SSH authentication key
A secure authentication method for accessing a computer from other device
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SSH client
A program you must have installed on your device in order to establish an SSH connection with another device
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SSH server
Software installed on a machine that allows for that device to accept an SSH connection
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Standardization
The process of developing and implementing common technical standards for IT products, systems, and processes.
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Swap space
The allocated space where the virtual memory is stored on the hard drive when the amount of physical memory space is used up or full
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System
A group of hardware components and software components that work together to run the programs or processes in the computer
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System settings
Settings like display resolution, user accounts, network, devices, etc.
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Task bar
It gives us quick options and shows us information like network connectivity, the date, system notifications, sound etc
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Terminal
A text based interface to the computer
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Time slice
A very short interval of time that gets allocated to a process for CPU execution
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Ubuntu
The most popular Linux consumer distribution
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User name
A unique identifier for a user account
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User space
The aspect of an operating system that humans interact with directly like programs, such as text editors, music players, system settings, user interfaces, etc.
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Virtual Box
An application you can use to install Linux and have it completely isolated from your machine
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Virtual machine (VM)
An application that uses physical resources like memory, CPU and storage, but they offer the added benefit of running multiple operating systems at once
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Virtual memory
A combination of hard drive space and RAM that acts like memory which our processes can use
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