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Moduel 1 lesson 8

Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in each of the black spaces below before clicking on it to display the answer.
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operating system (OS)   system software that enables the computer hardware to communicate and operate with the application software.  
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Driver   operating system useds to communicate with various hardware devices.  
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File System   where the operating system stores files on disks.  
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Mac OS X   the macintosh operating system.  
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UNIX   operating system that is frequesntly used by scientist and programmers.  
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Linux   a variant of UNIX operating system  
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handheld operating system   operating system for mobile devices.  
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administrative rights   permission to make changes on a computer system.  
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administravtive account   A collection of information that determines which files you can access abd which settings you use.  
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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.  
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emulation card   a card that provides the ability for the computer to run a program that was designed for a different operating system.  
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palm OS   An operating system that runs on Palm handhelds and other third-party devices.  
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system administration   a user who has an administrator account.  
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Windows Explorer   a program that lets you browse, open, and manage your computer's disk drivers, foldrs, and files.  
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Windows Mobile   a version pf the Windows operating system that runs on smart phones and other handheld computers.  
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