Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Software
- Providing a user interface
- Graphical user interface
- communication by the way of images
- Eg. window, Icon
- Command line interface
- needs sets of commands
- eg. DELETE C:/FILE.TXT
- Memory management
- program that are open and data that is being used
take up space in memory
- Peripheral management
- a hardware, that is plugged into the computer
- Eg, keyboard, mouse
- Multitasking
- Running more than one program at the same time.
- Eg. listening to music while playing games
- Security
- allows u to keep the data and the programs secure
- eg. Antivirus, firewall
- Utility program management
- Disk organisation
- Defragmentation
- File Transfer
- Disk Formatting
- System maintenance
- System clean-up tools
- Keep computer operating efficiently
- Automatic updating
- Ensure that a computer always has the most up-to-date version
- Choosing Application software
- Custom-written
- Specifically for you
- Off the shelf
- Buy from a shop or pay to download
- Open source
- Access to the code and allows you to make changes to customise it to meet your exact needs