Using Information Technology Chapter 3

Enables the computer to perform essential operating tasks.

Programs designed to perform specific tasks.

The activity in which the computer works on more than one process at a time.

<p>The scattering of portions of files about the disk in nonadjacent areas, thus greatly slowing access to the files.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Software that runs on a remote Internet server rather than on a person's own personal computer.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Mac OS and Windows.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The process of loading an operating system into a computer's main memory.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A utility that will find all the scattered files on your hard disk and reorganize them.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A component of system software that comprises the master system of programs that manage the basic operations of the computer.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The user-controllable display screen you use to interact with the computer, using keyboard or mouse.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Unnecessary files that are created by Windows only for short tasks and system restore after system problems.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Access to their computers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Privately owned and controlled by a company.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Any programmer can download it from the internet for free and modify it with suggestions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Powering up the computer by turning on the power 'on' switch</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Create, edit, format and print documents.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Moving upward or downward through the text.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>insert</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The place where a row and column intersect.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Movable symbol on the display screen.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A contract by which users agree not to make copies of software to give away or resell.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>key</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Mixing text and graphics to produce high-quality output for commercial printing.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Create tables and do financial analyses by entering data and formulas.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A tool that automatically wraps text to the next line as it reaches the right margin.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A setting that is automatically used unless another option is chosen.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The only type of software that is not copyright-protected.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Small programs that allow input/output devices to communicate with the computer.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Allows documents to be sent to almost any platform and be opened without losing any of their characteristics.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Program; Data</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>File management, CPU management, task management, and booting.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Windows.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Linux.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Windows 8.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Execution of two or more programs by one user at the same time on the same computer with the same CPU.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Allow input/output devices to communicate with the rest of the computer system.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Lack of structure.</p> Signup and view all the answers