Exam 22: Strategic Initiatives for Implementing Competitive Advantages

A desktop computer is an electronic book that can be read on a computer or special reading device. Some are small enough to carry around, while others are the size of a telephone booth.

System restore enables a user to return to the previous operating system.

What is application software?

Desktop publishing transforms a computer into a desktop publishing workstation. Leading packages include Adobe Framemaker and QuarkXpress.

Application software is used in computer appliances and special-purpose applications, such as an automobile, ATM, or media player and is used for a single purpose.

Operating system software controls the application software and manages how the hardware devices work together. When using Excel to create and print a graph, the operating system software controls the process, ensures that a printer is attached and has paper, and sends the graph to the printer along with instructions on how to print it. Some computers are configured with two operating systems so they can dual boot-provide the user with the option of choosing the operating system when the computer is turned on.

What is the actual hardware that interprets and executes the program (software) instructions and coordinates how all the other hardware devices work together?

Complex instruction set computer chips limit the number of instructions the CPU can execute to increase processing speed.

Presentation graphics create and enhance charts and graphs so that they are visually appealing and easily understood by an audience.

An appliance is a computer dedicated to a single function, such as a calculator or computer game.

Spyware is any software that employs a user's Internet connection in the background without the user's knowledge or explicit permission.

What software controls how the various technology tools work together along with the application software?

A handheld computer portable enough to fit in a purse or pocket and has its own power source or battery.

The central processing unit (CPU) (or microprocessor) is the actual hardware that interprets and executes the program (software) instructions and coordinates how all the other hardware devices work together.

Email provides email services for computer users, including receiving mail, sending mail, and storing messages. Leading email software includes Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Outlook Express, and Eudora.

Memory cards contain high-capacity storage that holds data such as captured images, music, or text files.

Personal information management software contains course information such as a syllabus and assignments and offers drop boxes for quizzes and homework along with a grade book.

Which license enables anyone on the network to install and use the software?

What is the computer's primary working memory, in which program instructions and data are stored so that they can be accessed directly by the CPU via the processor's high-speed external data bus?

What software handles contact information, appointments, task lists, and email?