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Operation Software 100 A system of programs that performs a variety of technical operations, providing an additional layer of insulation between the user and the bits- and-bytes world of computer hardware. Q: What is an Operating System?
Operation Software 200 Software that handles the details of computing. Includes the operating system and utility programs. Q: What is system software?
Operation Software 300 A program layer that stands between the user and the operating system Q: What is a Shell?
Operation Software 400 Finding and correcting errors-bugs-in computer software Q: What is Debugging?
Operation Software 500 An operating system platform from Microsoft that blurs the line between the Web and Microsoft's operating systems and applications. Q: What is.NET?
APPLICATIONS/PROGRAMS 100 A set of step-by-step instructions that, when completed, solves a problem Q: What is an Algorithm?
APPLICATIONS/PROGRAMS 200 An error in programming Q: What is a Bug?
APPLICATIONS/PROGRAMS 300 Small programs that allow input/output devices to communicate with the computer Q: What are device drivers?
APPLICATIONS/PROGRAMS 400 A platform-neutral, object-oriented programming language developed by Sun Microsystems for use on multiplatform networks Q: What is Java?
APPLICATIONS/PROGRAMS 500 A programming language that falls somewhere between natural human languages and precise machine languages, developed to streamline and simplify the programming process. Q: What is High-level Language?
INTERFACE 100 A user interface based on graphical displays. With a mouse, the user points to icons that represent files, folders, and disks. Documents are displayed in windows. The user selects commands from menus Q: What is a GUI?
INTERFACE 200 A small file that a Web server stores on a user’s computer Q: What is a cookie?
INTERFACE 300 Menus that organize commands into compact, efficient submenus. Q: What are Hierarchical Menus?
INTERFACE 400 The virtual workspace on a graphical user interface that resembles the physical desktops found in brick-and- mortar offices. Q: What is a Desktop?
INTERFACE 500 In a graphical user interface, a framed area that can be opened, closed, and rearranged with the mouse. Q: What is a Window?
LAWS 100 A type of law that traditionally protects forms of literary expression. Q: What is copyright?
LAWS 200 Software that prevents a disk from being copied. Q: What is Copyright software?
LAWS 300 Software can be usually obtained (downloaded) and redistributed for free, but most often is under copyright and does legally require a payment Q: What is Shareware?
LAWS 400 An agreement typically including specifications for how a program may be used, warranty disclaimers, and rules concerning the copying of the software Q: What is EULA?
LAWS 500 A type of law that protects mechanical inventions. Q: What is Patent?
GRAB BAG 100 Personal details are recorded to keep your identity Q: What is a Registration Card?
GRAB BAG 200 A hole in the security of a system deliberately left in place by designers or maintainers Q: What is a Backdoor?
GRAB BAG 300 A means of communication between a program and its user, based solely on textual input and output Q: What is Command-line Interface?
GRAB BAG 400 A computer application designed specifically for a particular business or industry Q: What is a Vertical-market application?
GRAB BAG 500 An operating system that allows a timesharing computer to communicate with several other computers or terminals at once. Q: What is UNIX?