opperating system definitions Flashcards
Contains graphics and icons and is navigated with a mouse.
Graphical User Interface (GUI)
Ability to allow multiple software processes to run at the same time.
Multitask
Operating system’s ability to allow more than one user to use the same computer at the same time and at different times.
Multiuser
Software that performs the task required to keep the system running and provides the main interface for the user.
Operating System
Operating interface that allows a user to interact with the files and software on a computer.
User Interface
Software that allows people to complete daily work; typically utilized in business or organizational settings.
Productivity Software
Presents a list of the names of all user accounts on the computer.
Welcome Screen
Opens the user account and makes the computer ready to be used.
Logging On
Process for powering on a computer and loading the operating system.
Boot Process
Operating system component that enables the user to view running task and processes.
Task Manager
Provides users with a way to go back to previous system settings.
System Restore
Special mode in which only the necessary drivers and software load.
Safe Mode
Collection of stored files on your hard disk as well as information retrieved from the Internet.
Help System
Provides user with the ability to accomplish a goal or purpose.
Application Software
Software that allows people to complete daily work; typically utilized in business or organizational settings.
Productivity Software
Software whose purpose is to make more software.
Programming Software
Software that allows you to fix or modify your computer in some way.
Utility Software
Refers to the environment or situation in which a particular piece of software is designed to be operational.
Software Domain
Refers to classification of software based on function such as word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation.
Software Category
File type that an application directly uses during the creation and editing of a document.
Native File Type
File type that is not directly used by an application during the creation or editing of a document.
Foreign File Type
The ending of a file that gives the operating system the ability to identify it; provides the structure of a document and tells a software application how to display it; commonly referred to as file format.
File Type
