Karteikarten
Types of software: definitions and functions
Karten in diesem Stapel (31)
- 1A collection of pre-written and tested programming code which can be reused when writing new programsCode library
- 2A suite of programs that manage the computer as a whole - both the resources and the user interfaceOperating system (such as Windows)
- 3A user interface feature which provides a platform for accessing various system settingsThe control panel
- 4Allows users the communicate with a computer using icons and menusGraphical User Interface (GUI)
- 5Application software to design to create and edit documents in a professional styleWord Proccessor
- 6Application software used to store , organise and access a structured set of dataDatabase
- 7Application software which arranges data into rows and columns and allows calculations to be carried out on the dataSpreadsheet
- 8Application software which enables the combination of media in order to create an interactive productPresentation
- 9Software designed to facilitate the writing of programs by developers, providing a suite of toolsSDE
(Software Design Engineer) - 10Software which blocks unauthorised access while allowing outward communicationFirewall
- 11Software which reduces the size of files, freeing up more disk space for other filesCompression
- 12Software which rolls back a computer's files and settings to an earlier predefined stateSystem rollback
- 13Software which speeds up hard drive read/write access by moving files physically closer togetherDefragmentation
- 14System software used to guard against malicious softwareAnti-Virus
- 15The general name for software which controls the hardware and solves problems relating to the computer itselfSystem software
- 16The lowest level of an operating system that controls the hardwareKernel
- 17The means by which a user can interact with a computer systemUser interface
- 18The process of moving data from one disk to anotherFile transfer
- 19The process of using software to erase data and prepare a disk drive for a new useFormatting
- 20User interface which requires instructions to be written in text, one at a timeCommand line interface
- 21A device for connecting multiple network devices in one segmentHub
- 22A string of characters used as authentication to allow access the a computer of systemPassword
- 23Formatted unit of data sent across netwroksPacket
- 24Important data transfer protocol used on the WWW - precedes URL addressesHTTP
(Hypertext Transfer Protocol) - 25Local Area Network technology which uses coaxial cables to transfer dataEthernet
- 26Name for the hierarchy of accounts on a computer network, allowing different degrees of control on a networkAccess levels
- 27Policy that involves duplicating data for storage else where, in case the original data is lostBackup
- 28Process by which two computer devices establish a network connectionHandshake
- 29Software or hardware that requires services from a severClient
- 30Software that provides services to a client, or the hardware that is running itServer
- 31The amount of data that can be transferred from one point to another in a given time periodBandwidth
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