Computing-software 0.0 / 5 ? ComputingSoftwareGCSEOCR Created by: jake1307Created on: 20-01-16 17:35 What does user intreface do? Allows the user to interact with the operating system 1 of 15 Give two examples of user interface? 1-Graphical user interface 2-Command line interface 2 of 15 What does memory management do? Enables lots of programs to use memory without overwriting or corrupting each other 3 of 15 What are peripheral devices? Are those external to the computer like printers,scanners and keyboards 4 of 15 What does the operating system do with peripherals? Make sure peripherals can communicate with the rest of the computers software 5 of 15 What does multi-tasking do? Allows the computer to appear to run two programs simuntaneously,like writing an essay while listening to music 6 of 15 What does the operating system do with multi-tasking? The operating system shares the processor time between the programs 7 of 15 What does security do? Security makes sure that the users data and programs are protected. 8 of 15 What are viruses? Viruses are pieces of malware that create copies of themselves and spread across the computer 9 of 15 What does ant-virus do? Scans the computer to detect and remove quaritine viruses from a computer 10 of 15 What does anti-spyware do? It finds and removes malware which monitors your activity like the websites you visit 11 of 15 What does a firewall do? It sits between your computer and the network filtering in any incoming packets and connections and filtering out any malicious 12 of 15 What is formatting? Preparing the disk for initial use 13 of 15 What does formatting do? Wipes all the current content and partioning the disk into blocks ready to be written to 14 of 15 What is file transfer? File transfer is the 15 of 15
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