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Systems software
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- 1Which software utility moves parts of files around so that all parts of a file are stored together?Disk defragmentation software
- 2Which part of the operating system will remove data that is no longer needed to free up space for other programs being used?Memory management
- 3Why is utility software needed?To help maintain or configure a computer system.
- 4Accessing your account using facial recognition, passwords and pins are all features of which part of the operating system?User management
- 5Being able to run several applications at the same time is known as?Multi tasking
- 6Which type of backup utility takes a copy of every file on the system?Full backup
- 7Which part of the operating system will allocate memory to applications to allow more than one piece of software to be run at once?Memory management
- 8Which software utility will extract .zip and .rar files?Compression software
- 9Which part of the operating system will split the disk in storage sectors and decide which sectors to write data to?File and disk management
- 10Why is a disk defragmenter needed?To allow files to be accessed quicker and collect all free space together.
- 11Why is systems software needed?To provide a user interface between software and hardware.
- 12Which part of the operating system will remove data that is no longer needed to free up space for other programs being used?Memory management
- 13Which part of the operating system deals with the movement, editing and deletion of data?File and disk management
- 14Single user operating systems areOperating systems where you can only have one account logged in at once.
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- Flashcards on Systems software, created by Josh Pitt on 08/04/2018.
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