IT chapter one

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Server Definition

A computer that provides network services such as sharing files and folders

Driver definition

A small program that enables the operating system to interact with a hardware device

The _____ handles the instructions for your computer to start up before the operating system is loaded.

Bios

Gemma completes her document and is ready to print so she sends her work to the printer, where it is placed in the _____ waiting to be output.

Buffer

A computer shut down and a sign out perform the same task.

False

A digital drive is defined as two computers that are not connected to the internet

False

Only one Windows account is allowed when Windows 8 is installed on a computer.

False

RAM is an operating system related to UNIX.

False

Windows 8 and Mac OS are interchangeable and can be run on any laptop.

False

The first step in the information processing cycle ____.

Input data

What is not true and ram

It is generally measured in megahertz

Tarun learns that Windows, Mac OS, and ____ are the most popular personal computer operating systems.

Linux

A printer connected to your PC is referred to as an network?

Peripheral

ROM is used to store instructions and data temporarily?

RAM

When gemma starts Microsoft word, the computer loads the word processing instructions into ___

Ram

RAM stands for

Random Access Memory

Using the _____ option to end a computer session will keep applications and the operating system running in a low-power state.

Sleep

A ______ administrator is responsible for managing computers that are connected to a shared printer.

System

An operating system is considered application software?

System software

In Windows 8, you can display the shutdown options using the _____ bar.

Task

Data is

Text,numbers,sound,and image

Virtual memory definition

The part of a computers storage space that can serve additional ram

system software definition

The software that runs a computer,including the operating system and utility programs

Application software definition

The software you use most directly to perform tasks,such as writing a report

Which is not true about the earliest computers

They were first developed in 1970

A cold boot is when a computer is started after it has been powered off.

True

A computer inputs, processes, stores, and outputs data.

True

A navigation system uses an embedded operating system?

True

A server is a computer that manages access to other computers in a network.

True

Android is an example of a mobile operating system?

True

Software is a set of instructions that helps a computer perform tasks.

True

When you add a new printer to your computer,it requires a driver to operate

True

All of the following are characteristics of an embedded operating system except

always depends on user intervention to work

On a laptop, the main area where productivity applications are run is called the _____.

desktop

A graphical user interface can be identified by the ____ it displays

icons

An iPad would most likely run on the _____ platform.

ios

Mac iOS and Android are examples of _____.

mobile operating systems

Another term to identify a computer's operating system is _____.

platform

Tarun discovers that the job of the operating system is to perform all of the following tasks EXCEPT: _____.

provide anti-virus software

Norton AntiVirus software is an example of a(n) _____.

utility program


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