Operating Systems
This is the most popular Desktop computer operating system in use today.
What is Windows?
This is the easiest way to get to the personalization menu in Windows 10 from the desktop.
What is right click a blank space on the desktop and then click on Personalize?
This is the kind of file a .docx file is.
What is Microsoft Word?
This is the simple program that loads first when the computer is powered on.
What is the BIOS?
In Windows 10, this is what the setting option is called that let's you get into changing things to make them simpler for people with disabilities to use.
What is Ease of Access?
This mobile operating system is open source and runs on all kinds of devices from phones, to tablets, to full computers and HDMI sticks.
What is Android?
This is the option you would click to change the background picture in Windows from the Personalize menu.
What is background?
This is the kind of file a .pdf file is.
What is Adobe document format file (portable document file)?
This is what the computer does right after the BIOS loads in order to check and make sure everything is working right.
What is magnifier?
This operating system is known for being especially secure and is often used to run servers.
What is Linux?
The screen timeout and screensaver options and listed in this section of the personalization menu.
What is the Lock Screen?
This is what type of file a .mp3 file is.
What is a [lossy] compressed audio file?
This is what the letters in MBR stand for.
What is Master Boot Record?
This is where you'd go in Ease of Access to assist someone who is hearing impaired by having the words that are said in audio or video files appear on the screen.
What is Captions [in the audio settings]?
This mobile operating system only runs on one brand of phone. It's known for being easy to use.
What is iOS (for iPhones)?
This is where you'll find the current resolution setting for your screen in Windows.
What is Display settings?
This is the type of file a .xlsx file is.
What is [Microsoft] Excel?
This is what the letters in BIOS stand for.
What is Basic Input Output System?
This is where you'd go in the Ease of Access menu to enable the number pad to control the mouse pointer.
What is Mouse settings under Interaction and then Mouse Keys?
This operating system requires an internet connection to use all of its features and runs primarily in a web browser.
What is ChromeOS?
This is where you'll find the refresh rate, aka the current maximum framerate of your display, in the display menu.
What is Advanced Display Settings?
This is the type of file a .ppt file is.
What is [Microsoft] Power Point?
This is what the MBR actually does.
What is identify the section on a drive that contains a bootable operating system?
This is where you'd go in Ease of Access to enable screen reading for someone who is totally visually impaired and cannot see at all.
What is the Narrator option under Visual?