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IC3 Lesson 8

IC3 Lesson 8 Vocab.

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Administrative Rights Permission to make changes on a computer system.
Administrator Account A collection of information that determines which files you can access and which settings you use.
Driver A small program that instructs the operating system on how to operate specific hardware.
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.
File system Determines the way an operating system stores files on disk.
Handheld Operating System Operating system for mobile devices
Linux A variant of the UNIX operating system
MAC OS X The Macintosh operating system
operating system (OS) System software that provides an interface between the user or application program and the computer hardware.
Palm OS An operating system that runs on Palm handhelds and other third-party devices.
system administrator A user who has an administrator account
UNIX Operating system developed by AT&T. It is considered portable, meaning it can run on just about any hardware platform.
Windows Embedded CE An operating system designed for devices such as digital cameras, security robots, intelligent appliances, gaming devices, GPS, and set-top boxes.
Windows Mobile A version of the Windows operating system that runs on smart phones and other types of handheld computers.
Without an operating system, a computer would not function True
In a file system hierarchy, a main folder can contain subfolders that contain files. True
Currently Mac OS X runs on more personal computers worldwide than other operating systems. False
Some versions of UNIX have a command-line interface, where you enter text commands instead of manipulating objects with a mouse. True
Programmers and developers can use or modify Linux as they wish. True
Handheld operating systems and embedded operating systems are also known as mobile operating systems. True
An emulation card can be added to a Macintosh that allows it to run Windows programs. True
When using the Internet, you cannot share files across different operating systems. False
The way an operating system stores files on a disk is called a(n) <u>attribute system</u>. False
A driver is an interface between the user and the computer. False
Current Macintosh computers use Intel processors similar to UNIX computers. False
Documents saved as .txt do not retain complicated formatting. True
GNOME A Linux user interface
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