Infroamtion systems chapter 3

All of the following are illegal characters in a file name EXCEPT

-

The first Apple Operating System was released in ________.

1978

Norton (Symantec) Antivirus was released in ___

1991

Windows XP and Apple OS X Cheetah were both released in _______

2001

A(n)______ is an interface which you interact with your computer and which uses graphics such as an image of a file folder.

A) application programming interface (API) B) operating system (OS) C) graphical user interface (GUI) C) graphical user interface (GUI)

Which is stored on a flash ROM (read-only memory) chip in a piece of hardware?

A) firmware B) platform C) virtual memory A) firmware

The _____ monitors the print requests and the busy state of the printer.

A) spooling program B) print queue C) buffer A) spooling program

The programs that provide the infrastructure and hardware control necessary for the computer and its peripheral devices are called _____.

A) the application programming interface (API) B) system software C)device drivers B) system software

_____ enables the application to request services from the operating system, such as a request to print or save a file.

API

_______ enables the application to request services from the operating system, such as a request to print or save a file.

API

______ is an embedded version of Linux that runs on many phones and tablets

Android

_______ devices include free online storage called OneDrive.

Microsoft

Subfolders are also called ________.

children

A way to store files that can be accessed from any Internet-enabled device is _____

cloud computing

A ________ is used by older operating systems that require a user to type all commands

common line interfernce

___ is software stored on a flash ROM chip in a piece of hardware.

firmware

The Windows ________ contains information about the files located on your computer.

index

To compress an image file, use a ________ compression.

lossy

With ________ compression, a compressed file can be decompressed with no loss of data

lossy

By default, documents with the file extension of .bmp open in ________.

paint

To update your files that are located on two or more devices, you can ________ them

sync

____ software includes all the programs that provide the infrastructure and hardware control necessary for the computer and its peripheral devices to run.

system

Which of the following is NOT true about managing system resources?

the spooling buffer monitors your system and indicates whe emails are ready to be sent

The ________ operating system was developed at AT&T's Bell Laboratories in 1969.

unix

________ software helps maintain, repair, and protect the computer.

utility

Modern operating systems can artificially extend the computer's RAM by using ________ memory.

virtual

Google Drive includes cloud storage and ________ to store, work with, and share files.

web apps

By default, documents with the file extension of .rtf open in _____

word