Software Flashcards
(10 cards)
Software that is productive (APP)
Application Software
software that operates systems
System software
Programs to the general public for use of no cost and can be modified to the software company
Open source software
Software given away for free (code cannot be changed)
Freeware
Software that is downloadable from the internet, is usually a trial basis period before required purchase.
Shareware
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
Cookies
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.
Defragmentation
A type of malicious software program that when executed, replicates by reproducing itself or infecting other computer programs by modifying them
Virus
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
Spyware
Is short for “malicious software” - computer programs designed to infiltrate and damage computers without the users consent.
malware