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Adware Program that displays an online advertisement in a banner or pop-up window on web pages, e-mail, or other internet services
Anti-spam programs program that attempts to remove spam before it reaches a user's inbox
Antivirus program Protects a computer against viruses by identifying and removing a computer viruses found in memory, on storage media, or incoming files
BIOS Firmware that contains the computers startup instructions
Cold Boot When turning on a computer that has been powered off completely
Command-line interface Type of user interface in which a user types commands or presses special keys on the keyboard to enter data and instructions
Compressed files/zipped Compacted files into one single file
Computer virus Virus or attack on a computer
Cross platform Program that runs the same on multiple operating systems
Defragmenting Reorganizing a disk so that the files are stored in a contiguous sector
Diagnostic utility Compiles technical information about your computer's hardware and certain system software programs and then prepares a report outlining any identified problems
Disk defragmenter A utility that recognizes the files and unused space on a computer's hard disk so that the operating system accesses data more quickly and programs faster
Disk scanner Utility that searches and removes unnecessary files
DOS Disk operating system
Driver A small program that tells the operating system how to communicate with a specific device
Encryption/Decryption Process of converting unreadable characters to prevent unauthorized access
Fault tolerant computer Computer that has duplicate components so it can continue to operate when one of its main components fail.
File manager Utility that performs functions related to file management
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BIOS FEDD
Driver fsd
Cross Platform dsdfds
Filters dfs
Disk Scanner dsfdfs
Kernel sdfsd
Password fdsfd
Pop-up Blocker sdfdsfsd
Shortcut dsfdsdf
Spyware dsfdsfds
Nonresident fdsfdsfds
Screensaver fdsfdsfdsfew e
Warm boot fdsdfsf
Platform sdfsdfe
User Name sdfe
User Interferance sedfe
Operating System esfegdg
Malware sseregvdsf
Folder se rewhtru
Graphical user interferance sadfewew
Cold boot sefejiop
Anti-spam programs wjioepjfi
Driver sefjiopjw
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