Exam 10: Hardware and Software Basics

An iPod has a single-purpose embedded operating system.

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.

A hard drive is a secondary storage medium that uses several rigid disks coated with a magnetically sensitive material and housed together with the recording heads in a hermetically sealed mechanism.

What is a computer portable enough to fit on a lap or in a bag and has its own power source or battery?

A network user license enables anyone on the network to install and use the software.

Secondary storage consists of equipment designed to store large volumes of data for long-term storage.

Encrypt data protects confidential information from unauthorized eyes.

What software uses programs such as Window Washer to erase file histories, browser cookies, cache contents, and other crumbs that applications and Windows leave on a hard drive?

Magnetic medium is a secondary storage medium that uses magnetic techniques to store and retrieve data on disks or tapes coated with magnetically sensitive materials.

What is equipment used to see, hear, or otherwise accept the results of information processing requests?

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

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

Personal digital assistant (PDA) is a small handheld computer that performs simple tasks such as taking notes, scheduling appointments, and maintaining an address book and a calendar.The PDA screen is touch-sensitive, allowing a user to write directly on the screen, capturing what is written.

A tablet computer has a flat screen that uses a mouse or fingertip for input instead of a keyboard.Similar to PDAs, tablet PCs use a writing pen or stylus to write notes on the screen and touch the screen to perform functions such as clicking on a link while visiting a website.

What is roughly 1 million bytes?

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.

What provides nonvolatile memory for a range of portable devices including computers, digital cameras, MP3 players, and PDAs?

What contains high-capacity storage that holds data such as captured images, music, or text files?

A computer is an electronic device operating under the control of instructions stored in its own memory that can accept, manipulate, and store data.

What is system software?