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6th Period CMW Chapter 8 Vocab Terms

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Program that displays an online advertisement in a banner or pop-up window on web pages, email, or other internet services   Adware  
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Program that attempts to remove spam before it reaches a user's inbox   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 systems;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 or instructions   Command-line interface  
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To shrink the size of a file   Compressed files/zipped  
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Potentially damaging computer program that affects, or infects, a computer negatively by altering the way the computer works without the users knowledge or permission   Computer virus  
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Program that runs the same on multiple operating sstems   Cross platform  
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Reorganzing a disk so that the files are stored in contiguous sectors, thus speeding up disk access and the performance of the entire computer   Degragmenting  
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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 tat 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  
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Fault tolerant computer (define & ex)   Computer that has duplicate components so it can continue to operate when one of its main components fail  
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File Manager   Utility that performs functions related to file management  
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Audio editing software designed to enhance audio quality   Filters  
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Specirfic 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, starts programs, and assigns the computer's resources   Kernel  
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Short for malicious; program that acts without a users 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 LANs, WANs, Intranets and internet systems; identifies and resolves connectivity issues   Netowkr Administrator  
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Instructions that remain on a hard disk untill they are needed   Nonresident  
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Set of programs containing instructions that work together to coordinate all the activities among computer hardware devices   Operating system  
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Private combination of character associated with a user name that allows access to certain computer resources   Password  
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Operating support and secuirty phase activity that determines whether a system is inefficient at any point   Performance monitor  
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Scam in which perpetrator sends an official looking emai that attempts to obtain personal and financial information   Phising  
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Set of programs containing instructions that coorddiate all the activies among computer hardware resources   Platform  
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Filtering program that stops popup ads from displaying web pages   Pop-up blocker  
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Utility program that causes a display device's screen to show a moving image or a 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 a file   Shortcut  
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In reference to an operating system, allowing a single user to work on two or more [rpgrams that reside in memory at the same time   Single user/Multitasking  
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In reference to an operating system allowing only one user to run one program at a time   Singer User/Single tasking  
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Program that places itself on a computer without the user's knowledge that scretly collects information about the user   Spyware  
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Software that serves as the interface between the user, the application software, and the computer's hardware   System Software  
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Malicious-logic program named after the greek myth that hides within or looks like a legit program   Trojan Horse  
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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 characters, such as letters of the alphabet, and or numbers that identifies a specific user   User name  
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Type of system software taht allows a user to perform maintenance type tasks usually related to managing a computer, its devicess, or its programs   Utility Program  
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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 p[eratomg sustem to restart a computer   Warm Boot  
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Malicious logic program that copies itself repeateddly using up system resources   Worm  
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