George Bates' Unit 3 Software
Across
- 1. Utility software that checks for any problems within the computer
- 5. Software custom-made for a specific task
- 10. Non-essential software often written in programming environments
- 12. Gives an interface to the hardware
- 15. Software designed to help analyse, optimise, configure or maintain a computer system.
- 16. An example of a CLI operating system
- 18. Software that allows the computer to communicate with the hardware.
- 20. Utility software used to protect a system from unauthorised access
- 21. Software embedded onto a device
Down
- 2. Utility software that detects and removes programs used to covertly obtain information from a system
- 3. Utility software that regularly checks the internet for newer versions of programs
- 4. Utility software that reorganises data on the hard drive
- 6. Software that is free and has available source code.
- 7. An example of a GUI operating system
- 8. Software only owned by a company or organisation. Users buy licences to use it.
- 9. Utility software that gives information about the system and on the status of the computer system
- 11. Utility software that searches for a removes redundant files
- 12. Software that can be bought from a shop and offers a wide range of features
- 13. Utility software that detects and removes self-replicating files
- 14. Software that is free but the source code is unavailable
- 17. Utility software that prepares a hard disk for use
- 19. A type of software that lets computers communicate with peripherals.