OS Intro Vocabulary

6. New user interface introduced by Windows 8
7. database found in Windows that contains all the information about a computer
8. OS designed for corporate environment serving multiple users and managing multiple applications
10. user interface that allows that requires the user to interact with icons and menus
13. nested directories; aka subfolders in Windows
14. interface between the user and the hardware; controls software resources, memory allocation, peripherals devices, services, and more
15. Architecture that supports a maximum of 4GB of RAM
16. set of guidelines that allow programs to access the resources managed by the OS in a consistent and reliable manner; ensures compatibility with an OS
17. cross-platform API for multimedia graphics
18. API allows applications from older versions of Windows to run on newer versions
19. software the OS uses to access and communicate with hardware
21. program that runs automatically when a new piece of hardware is connected to a computer that is designed to install drivers and assign system resources

1. Architecture that adds additional registers and can store more data in each register
2. collection of APIs related to Java programming
3. block of related data that is given a single name and treated as a single unit
4. Two or more users have individual accounts that allow them to work with programs and peripheral devices at the same time.
5. group of program and data files in the file structure; aka folders in Windows
6. The operating system can support two or more CPUs.
9. The computer is capable of operating multiple applications at the same time.
11. A program can be broken into smaller parts that are loaded as needed by the operating system; allows different parts of a program to be run at the same time.
12. OS designed for use in a home or SOHO environment with small number of users on the device
20. user interface that requires the user to type commands at a prompt
22. collection of APIs related to multimedia tasks for Windows