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Vocabularylist
Moduel 1 lesson 8
Question | Answer |
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operating system (OS) | system software that enables the computer hardware to communicate and operate with the application software. |
Driver | operating system useds to communicate with various hardware devices. |
File System | where the operating system stores files on disks. |
Mac OS X | the macintosh operating system. |
UNIX | operating system that is frequesntly used by scientist and programmers. |
Linux | a variant of UNIX operating system |
handheld operating system | operating system for mobile devices. |
administrative rights | permission to make changes on a computer system. |
administravtive account | A collection of information that determines which files you can access abd which settings you use. |
embedded operating system | similar in principle to operating systems such as windows or Linux, embedded operating systems are smaller and generally less capable than desktop operating systems. |
emulation card | a card that provides the ability for the computer to run a program that was designed for a different operating system. |
palm OS | An operating system that runs on Palm handhelds and other third-party devices. |
system administration | a user who has an administrator account. |
Windows Explorer | a program that lets you browse, open, and manage your computer's disk drivers, foldrs, and files. |
Windows Mobile | a version pf the Windows operating system that runs on smart phones and other handheld computers. |