vocabulary
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| Program that displays an online advertisement in a banner or pop-up window on web pages, e-mail, or other internet services. | Adware
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| Program that attempts to remove spam before it reaches a user’s box. | Anti-spam programs
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| Program that protects a computer against viruses by identifying and removing any computer viruses found in memory, on storage media, or on incoming files. | Antivirus program
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| Basic input/ output system; firmware that contains the computer’s startup instructions. | BIOS
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| Process of turning on a computer that has been powered off completely. | Cold boot
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| Type of user interface in which a user types commands or presses special keys on the keyboard to enter data and instructions. | Command-line interface
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| Program that runs the same on multiple writing operating systems | Cross platform
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| Reorganizing a disk so that the files are stored in contiguous sectors, thus speeding up disk access and the performance of the entire computer. | Defragmenting
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| Utility program that compiles technical information about a computer’s hardware and certain system software programs and then prepares a report outlining any identified problems. | Diagnostic utility
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| Utility that reorganizes the files and unused space on a computer’s hard disk so that the operating system accesses data more quickly and programs run faster. | Disk defragmenter
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| Utility that searches for and removes unnecessary files. | Disk scanner
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| Disk operating system | DOS
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| Small program that tells an operating system how to communicate with a specific device. | Driver
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| Process of converting readable data into unreadable characters to prevent unauthorized access. | Encryption/decryption
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| Computer that has duplicate components so it can continue top operate when one of its main components fail. | Fault tolerant computer (define & ex)
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| Utility that performs functions related to file management. | File manager
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| Audio editing software feature designed to enhance audio quality. | Filters
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| Specific named location on a storage medium that contains related documents. | Folder
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| Type of user interface that allows a user to interact with software using text, graphics, and visual images, such as icons. | Graphical user interface (GUI)
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| The core of an operating system that manages memory and devices, maintains the computer’s clock | Kernel
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| Short for malicious software; programs that act without a user’s knowledge and deliberately alter a computer’s operations | Malware
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| Remaining in memory while a computer is running | Memory resident
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| Employee who configures, installs, and maintains LAN’s, WANs, intranets, and Internet systems; identifies and resolves connectivity issues | Network administrator
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| Instructions that remain on a hard disk until they are needed | Nonresident
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| Set of programs containing instructions that work together to coordinate all the activities among the computer hardware devices | Operating system
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| Private combination of characters associated with a user name that allows access to certain computer resources | Password
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| Operating system program that assesses and reports information about various computer resources and devices | Performance monitor
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| Program that wans or blocks you from potentially fraudulent or suspicious websites | Phishing
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| Set of programs containing instructions that coordinate all the activities among computer hardware resources | Platform
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| Filtering program that stops pop up ads from displaying on web pages | Pop-up blocker
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| Utility program that causes a display device’s screen to show a moving image or blank screen if no mouse activity occurs for a specified time | Screen saver/ghosting
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| Icon on the desktop that provides a user with immediate access to a program or file | Shortcut
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| In refrence to an operating system, allowing a single user to work on two or more programs that reside in memory at the same time | Single user/multitasking
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| In refrence to an operating system, allowing only one user to run one program at a time | Single user/single tasking
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| Program placed on a computer without the user’s knowledge that secretly collects information about the user | Spyware
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| Spyware that occurs on a computer’s system | System software
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| Malicious-logic program named after the Greek myth that hides within or looks like a legitimate program | Trojan horse
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| The portion of software that defines how a user interacts with a computer, including how the user enters data and instructions and how information is displayed on the screen | User interface
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| Unique combination of letter of the alphabet and or numbers that identifies a specific user | User name
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| Type of system software that allows a user to perform maintenance type tasks usually related to managing a computer, its devices, or its programs | Utility program
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| A portion of a storage medium, usually the hard disk, that the operating system allocates to function as additional ram | Virtual memory
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| Process of using the operating system to restart a computer | Warm boot
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| Malicious-logic program that copies itself repeatedly, using up system resources and possibly shutting down the system | Worm
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| Files that have been shrunk | Compressed files/zipped
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| A virus that takes over a computer | Computer virus
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