software

Question 1

Application Software

Answer 1

productivity software

Question 2

System Software

Answer 2

operating system as a whole

Question 3

Open Source Software

Answer 3

availabe program for general public use without cost

Question 4

Freeware

Answer 4

copyrighted software given away for free

Question 5

Shareware

Answer 5

downloadable from internet, usually tria basis free period before required purchase

Question 6

cookies

Answer 6

a packet of data sent by an Internet server to a browser, which is returned by the browser each time it subsequently accesses the same server, used to identify the user or track their access to the server.

Question 7

defragmentation

Answer 7

Defragmentation is the process of locating the noncontiguous 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. … Windows XP comes with a utility called “Disk Defragmenter.”

Question 8

Spyware

Answer 8

software that enables a user to obtain covert information about another’s computer activities by transmitting data covertly from their hard drive.

Question 9

virus

Answer 9

an infective agent that typically consists of a nucleic acid molecule in a protein coat, is too small to be seen by light microscopy, and is able to multiply only within the living cells of a host.

Question 10

malware

Answer 10

software that is intended to damage or disable computers and computer systems