Software

4. a particular combination of hardware and operating systems
6. makes it possible to install more than one OS at once and choose which one to use
8. software used to understand how to communicate with hardware attached to the computer
9. optimises hard disk performance by arranging files into contiguous sectors
10. secures folders, files, and disks
11. another term for multiplatform
12. based on unix, used by 5% of desktops
13. firewall software is a type of __
16. used by supercomputers and mainframes
18. software used to save disk space or network bandwidth
22. required by all information technology to operate
23. works on several different platforms
24. user interface that is operated using a mouse or similar pointing device
25. type of utility software that optimizes system resources to improve performance
27. options that helped disabled users
29. OS managed by Nokia

1. type of utility software that __ the OS with the latest security and 'patches'
2. programs used to compress and back up important files
3. user interface where the user types a series of commands using the keyboard
5. "unix-like"
7. platform that does not enable you to produce work
11. allows some OS to run on multiple types of hardware platforms
14. place where device drivers can be mostly found
15. software used to remove malicious viruses
17. allow the user to interact with and operate the computer
19. place where OS is first loaded when you first turn on the computer
20. basic software included with operating systems to perform common tasks
21. the OS uses device drivers to __ with the various hardware devices attached to the computer
26. 90% of desktop computers use this
28. the OS protects __ by isolating programs from each other so one program can't corrupt another program's data