Flashcards
Software
Cards in this deck (11)
- 1What is a user interface?a boundary between the human user and a machine. this allows the user to interact with the machine.
- 2what is command line interface?Interaction with a computer program where the user issues commands to the program in the form of lines of text
- 3what does GUI stand for?Graphical user interface.
- 4what is an operating system?System software that manages computer hardware and software resources and provides common services for computer programs.
- 5what does system software do?Controls the hardware.
- 6what does the application system do?Handles the real-world jobs that users want to do.
- 7what is utility software used for?To maintain computer systems.
- 8Name twotypes of software.Application software. System software.
- 9what is the main part of system software?Operating system.
- 10What does a Kernal do?part of the ssystem that makes the hardware do things.
- 11What is Shell?Software that a user needs to communicate with the kernal.