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Chapter 4
Chapter 4
Operating Systems
Device drivers
OS Utility Programs
Terms
Booting – the process of starting the
computer and loading the OS into main
memory
Rebooting – What you do 10 minutes later
on an older Windows machine
Multitasking – In a computer context,
working with more than one program at
once
Terms
Formatting – Clearing and organizing the
central storage table on a disk in order to
allow it to receive information
Plug and play – the theoretical ability in
Windows OSes to plug a device in and
have it be recognized automatically
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This sort of automatic hardware recognition
works better in Macs – why?
Terms
Handhelds – Palm OS vs. Pocket PCs vs.
Linux-based
Pocket PCs run Windows CE, which is
now also referred to as Windows Pocket
PC edition
Device drivers – sometimes simply
referred to as “drivers” – allow new
hardware to communicate with the OS
OS Utility Programs
Backup software
Data recovery software
Anti-virus software
Compression software
Defrag software
Hard Drives
Hard Drives
Hard Drive Platters