Software Flashcards

(10 cards)

1
Q

Software that is productive (APP)

A

Application Software

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2
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software that operates systems

A

System software

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3
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Programs to the general public for use of no cost and can be modified to the software company

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Open source software

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4
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Software given away for free (code cannot be changed)

A

Freeware

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5
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Software that is downloadable from the internet, is usually a trial basis period before required purchase.

A

Shareware

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6
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A small text file created by a website that is stored in the users computer either temporarily for that session or permanently on the hard disk

A

Cookies

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7
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The process of locating noncontinuous FRAGMENTS of data into which a computer file may be divided as it is stored on a hard disk, and rearranging the fragments and restoring them into fewer fragments or into the whole file.

A

Defragmentation

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8
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A type of malicious software program that when executed, replicates by reproducing itself or infecting other computer programs by modifying them

A

Virus

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9
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Software that aims to gather information about a person or organization without their knowledge and that may send such info. to another entity without the consumers consent or that assets control over a computer without a consumers knowledge

A

Spyware

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10
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Is short for “malicious software” - computer programs designed to infiltrate and damage computers without the users consent.

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malware

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