Created by Emma Burke
over 8 years ago
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What is software?
What are dedicated systems?
Laptops, tablets, computers and phones are all what?
4 secondary storage mediums
Where are the programs loaded?
What does system software do?
What does application software do?
What does utility software do?
How is software usually produced?
How is some software produced?
Without system software, what would application programmers have to do?
System software looks after movement of data so that the programmers can?
What does system software act as?
What does system software do?
What is the main part of system software?
What is the operating system?
What is a kernel?
What must an operating system do?
What is the user interface?
What does the user interface do?
New ways of what are being developed?
What is the command-line interface?
How does the computer understand these commands?.
What is the command 'ls' and what does it do?
What is the command 'cal' and what does it do?
What is the command 'w' and what does it do?
What is the command 'pwd' and what does it do?
With commands, what can you do?
What are shell scripts?
What is a shell needed for?
What is a GUI?
What does GUI use?
How does a user make something happen when using a GUI?
Why are GUIs a useful way to interact with a computer?
Where does this interface sit?
What does the GUI allow easy access to?
Why is speech input difficult to get right?
What is speech input useful for?
Why do subtitles on television programs sometimes have errors?
What do operating systems have to make sure of?
What is memory divided into?
What is a program called when it is being executed?
When a job needs to be done, what does the operating system do?
What is virtual memory?
What does virtual memory use?
Why is virtual memory used?
How are modules used?
What must an operating system do?
What is a file?
What can files be?
What happens when you save a file?
What is secondary storage is divided into?
What are file usually split into to?
Each block contains what information?
What is defragmentation?