Exam 3: System Software

A ____ provides a compact way to store data, whether it's a document, photo, video, computer program, or music.

The term "PC" once referred only to personal computers that ran Windows.

In Windows 8.x, you can get help by displaying the Charms bar, selecting the Settings charm, and then selecting Help.

To indicate a file's location, you use a file specification, or ____.

The Windows Start screen displays ____, colorful rectangles you use to start apps.

The most critical piece of software on a computer is the antivirus software.

Windows offers three types of user accounts: administrator, standard, and ____.

The Mac OS X desktop uses an area called the Dock for starting programs.

For each storage device on your computer, the OS maintains a list of files called a page file.

In a dialog box, click a(n) ____ to select one option from a group of options.

Some methods of selecting, copying, and moving files use the ____, a temporary holding area for files and information that you copy from one place and plan to use somewhere else.

In Windows 8.x, the backup software is called ____.

Microsoft retired Windows XP in the spring of 2014, ending support for the decade-old OS.  _________________________

The modified date is useful if you have several versions of a file and want to identify the most recent version.

The operating system uses ____ to process many parts of a single program.