Exam 5: System Software: Operating Systems and Utility

The Windows Action Manager lists all the program and processes currently running on the computer.

____ is a Linux-based operating system developed by the Open Handset Alliance.

Folders can contain both files and other folders (called subfolders). _________________________

____________________ are utility programs that search for documents and other files on a user's hard drives.

System software is usually divided into two categories: operating system software and ____ programs.

Filename rules are the same in all operating systems.

All Programs and data located in RAM are divided into fixed-length pages or variable-length files. _________________________

____________________ is an operating system developed by Linus Torvalds in 1991 when he was a student at the University of Helsinki in Finland.

____ is a family of operating systems based on Windows that is designed primarily for consumer and industrial devices that are not personal computers.

____________________ is the operating system designed for Apple mobile phones and mobile devices.

If a device driver file is deleted, becomes corrupted, or has a conflict with another piece of software, then the device will no longer work. _________________________

In practice, the difference between system and application software is not always clear cut.

____________________ routines in the operating system determine the order in which jobs are carried out, as well as which commands get executed first if the user is working with more than one program at one time or if the computer supports multiple users.

There is still a large installed base of Windows XP users and Microsoft plans to support Windows XP until 2014.

Linux is increasingly being used with both mainframes and supercomputers.

Most application systems today include the drivers needed for the most commonly used peripheral devices. _________________________

The most recent version of Windows is Windows ____.

In DOS, the command ____ displays the files and folders in the current location.

____ is the current version of Windows Phone.

Once a file management program is open, you can look at the folders and files stored on your PC.