Any software that coordinates the activities of the hardware and assists the computer in functioning effectively and efficiently.
What is System Software?
100
Software that applies the power of the computer to give people, groups, and organizations the ability to solve problems and perform specific activities or tasks.
What is Application Software?
100
Software that allows users to modify the source code to suit their needs.
What is Open Source Software
100
A set of computer programs that runs or controls the computer hardware, and acts as an interface with both application programs and users.
What is an Operating System (OS)?
100
The Windows 7 Taskbar includes an area specifically for displaying the time, the date, and icons for system settings and applications. This area, located at the right-hand side of the Taskbar, is called the this area.
What is notification?
200
Type of System Software that runs on roughly 90% of all personal computers.
What is Microsoft Winsdows?
200
The most popular type of application software.
What is productivity software?
200
A well known open-source software and operating system.
What is Linux?
200
Owned and kept private by the handset manufacturer. Software is installed on devices at the discretion of the manufacturer.
What is Cell Phone Proprietary operating system?
200
Users wishing to customize their computing environment will need to select the this option, located within the Control Panel.
What is appearance and personalization?
300
The sequence of instructions in the BIOS that are executed when a computer is powered on to check the system and load the operating system into memory.
What is Boot Process?
300
Increasing popular in managing personal calendars, address books, and to-do-lists.
What is Personal Information Management (PIM) Software?
300
Free software that is not open source.
What is freeware?
300
Software that is installed for each device connected to a PC that allows the OS to communicate with that device.
What is a Device Driver?
300
Feature used to organize all your files and folders (i.e. manage your files) on a PC running Windows7
What is Windows Explorer?
400
Maintains files on disk and arrange them in a manner that allows for fast access.
What are Defragmentation and disk utilities?
400
A software that facilitates group collaboration within the software.
What is Groupware?
400
Protects much of the popular open-source software in use today.
What is GNU General Public License (GPL)?
400
Data is stored in files, and the files are organized with folders and subfolders.
What is System Storage?
400
Windows Feature that displays the Windows Start button, currently running programs, quick launch buttons, and the clock and date
What is the task bar?
500
Uses a keyboard and mouse or other pointing device to manipulate graphics images on the display to issue commands to the computer system.
What is A graphical user interface (GUI)?
500
Works with software on the web without having to install it on your own computer.
What is Cloud Computing?
500
A type of software that restricts modification.
What is proprietary (or closed-source) software?
500
What defines the user’s computing experience and causes some users to prefer Windows or Mac or Linux.
What is User Interface?
500
shut down mode that remembers the current state of your machine as it turns off your computer and has those applications waiting for you the next time you start your computer?