Software
Across
- 2. Checks all components are functioning and loads the OS into the RAM.
- 5. The process in which the CPU handles tasks
- 6. An operating system that has to be extremely reliable.
- 8. The hard memory of the computer.
- 12. The scheduling service that performs the task closest to completion.
- 15. An operating system that has one main, central computer
- 16. The scheduling service which gives an equal amount of time to each process.
- 17. A piece of software that performs a general task (such as making a poster), typically with heavy user input.
- 19. An utility that is required for the computer to communicate with an external device
Down
- 1. The operating system that uses the CPU to split its resources across multiple platforms.
- 3. The operating system that schedules programsto appear to be doing them simultaneously.
- 4. A well-ordered collection of unambiguous and effectively computable operations that, when executed, produce a result and halts in a finite amount of time.
- 7. A piece of software that is _____ ___________ has code that cannot be accssed publicly, this sort of software tends to be paid for.
- 9. A peice of software that is _____ __________ has its code openly availible to use or alter
- 10. A way of expessing low level algorithms in a way that isn't restricted by the syntax of a specific programing language
- 11. A peice of software that performs simple tasks and can do so automatically
- 13. Generated when there is an error.
- 14. Software that is used create a virtual instance of an operating system or device.
- 18. A piece of software that converts an algorithm written in a specific language to machine code that the computer can recognise and execute.
- 20. The memory of the computer that can be easily formatted.