Software

Software

1. Computer's logical support

2. Operating system, program, applications...

3. BIOS computer turned on ROM

4. Control operating system

   • Interface between user and computer
   • Controls and operates computer hardware and programs
   • Enables users to share hardware and data and resources
   • Facilitates data input and output

5. Structures and informations

   • Hard disk
     • Boot sector
     • One or more partitions
       • Primary
       • Extended (one or more logical partitions)
       • Each partition with different letters
     • Windows: panel of conrol, systems and security, create and format partitions of the disk
       • File system
         • Each OS , one file system maximum performance
         • The assignatios of a file system (formatting): NTSF and FAT32 for windows
         • Files and folders
           • File: block of data stored under one name
           • Some OS's store extra information to identify its type and which program should be used to open it
           • Save creations
           • Can be executable or non-executable
           • Folders organise information
           • information in the directory can be reorganised using preferences set by the user
           • Every file has a specific filepath