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Vocab

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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  
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Anti-spam programs   program that attempts to remove spam before it reaches a user's inbox  
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Antivirus program   Protects a computer against viruses by identifying and removing a computer viruses found in memory, on storage media, or incoming files  
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BIOS   Firmware that contains the computers startup instructions  
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Cold Boot   When turning on a computer that has been powered off completely  
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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  
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Compressed files/zipped   Compacted files into one single file  
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Computer virus   Virus or attack on a computer  
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Cross platform   Program that runs the same on multiple operating systems  
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Defragmenting   Reorganizing a disk so that the files are stored in a contiguous sector  
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Diagnostic utility   Compiles technical information about your computer's hardware and certain system software programs and then prepares a report outlining any identified problems  
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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  
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Disk scanner   Utility that searches and removes unnecessary files  
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DOS   Disk operating system  
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Driver   A small program that tells the operating system how to communicate with a specific device  
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Encryption/Decryption   Process of converting unreadable characters to prevent unauthorized access  
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Fault tolerant computer   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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adware   dfwefew  
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BIOS   FEDD  
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Driver   fsd  
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Cross Platform   dsdfds  
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Filters   dfs  
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Disk Scanner   dsfdfs  
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Kernel   sdfsd  
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Password   fdsfd  
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Pop-up Blocker   sdfdsfsd  
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Shortcut   dsfdsdf  
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Spyware   dsfdsfds  
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Nonresident   fdsfdsfds  
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Screensaver   fdsfdsfdsfew e  
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Warm boot   fdsdfsf  
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Platform   sdfsdfe  
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User Name   sdfe  
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User Interferance   sedfe  
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Operating System   esfegdg  
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Malware   sseregvdsf  
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Folder   se rewhtru  
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Graphical user interferance   sadfewew  
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Cold boot   sefejiop  
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Anti-spam programs   wjioepjfi  
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Driver   sefjiopjw  
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