IC3 Lesson 8 Vocab.
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| Administrative Rights | Permission to make changes on a computer system.
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| Administrator Account | A collection of information that determines which files you can access and which settings you use.
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| Driver | A small program that instructs the operating system on how to operate specific hardware.
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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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| File system | Determines the way an operating system stores files on disk.
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| Handheld Operating System | Operating system for mobile devices
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| Linux | A variant of the UNIX operating system
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| MAC OS X | The Macintosh operating system
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| operating system (OS) | System software that provides an interface between the user or application program and the computer hardware.
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| Palm OS | An operating system that runs on Palm handhelds and other third-party devices.
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| system administrator | A user who has an administrator account
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| UNIX | Operating system developed by AT&T. It is considered portable, meaning it can run on just about any hardware platform.
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| Windows Embedded CE | An operating system designed for devices such as digital cameras, security robots, intelligent appliances, gaming devices, GPS, and set-top boxes.
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| Windows Mobile | A version of the Windows operating system that runs on smart phones and other types of handheld computers.
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| Without an operating system, a computer would not function | True
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| In a file system hierarchy, a main folder can contain subfolders that contain files. | True
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| Currently Mac OS X runs on more personal computers worldwide than other operating systems. | False
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| Some versions of UNIX have a command-line interface, where you enter text commands instead of manipulating objects with a mouse. | True
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| Programmers and developers can use or modify Linux as they wish. | True
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| Handheld operating systems and embedded operating systems are also known as mobile operating systems. | True
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| An emulation card can be added to a Macintosh that allows it to run Windows programs. | True
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| When using the Internet, you cannot share files across different operating systems. | False
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| The way an operating system stores files on a disk is called a(n) <u>attribute system</u>. | False
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| A driver is an interface between the user and the computer. | False
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| Current Macintosh computers use Intel processors similar to UNIX computers. | False
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| Documents saved as .txt do not retain complicated formatting. | True
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| GNOME | A Linux user interface
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