utility software flash cards

Question	Answer
What does an anti virus do ?	It is a software designed to detect and destroy computer viruses
What's Spyware Protection ?	Spyware is software that gathers information about a person without their knowledge
What's a firewall ?	A firewall protects a network or system from unauthorized access
What's Disk Formatting ?	Disk formatting is when it of prepares a data storage device such as a hard disk drive, solid-state drive, floppy disk or USB flash drive for use.
What's a file transfer ?	File transfer is a generic term for the act of transmitting files over a computer network like the Internet.
Describe Defragmentation.	Defragmentation is the process of locating the non-contiguous fragments of data into which a computer file may be divided as it is stored on a hard disk, and rearranging the fragments and restoring them into fewer fragments or into the whole file.

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	Created by Madeleine Bray over 8 years ago