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| Organise files into folders, delete,rename,copy,paste files. |
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| Plug and Play, new device is seen and OS is now able to communicate with it. |
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| A piece of software provided with a peripheral to communicate between the OS and device. |
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| OS function - allocates RAM to devices and applications. |
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| OS - set passwords, protect files, user access levels, firewalls. |
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| Disk Defragmentation, Firewall, Anti-Virus, additional to the OS |
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| When files are stored in different locations on the disk, defrg puts them back together, spped up access |
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| To prevent external users gaining unauthorised access to computer system. |
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| Software designed to prevent infection and spread of computer virus's |
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| Graphical User Interface; e.g. Windows, MAC OS. Easy to use. |
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| Command Line Interface, e.g. DOS, Shell, Difficult to remember commands |
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| What the user see infrom of them, interacts with the OS and Hardware. |
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| How easy a system is to use. E.g. Windows GUI, Touch Screen, |
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| Productivity Applications |
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| Office, graphics, multimedia, web-authoring |
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| MS Office, Open Office - including a WordProcessor, Spreadsheet, DataBase and presentation software. |
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| Application to edit graphical files, e.g. PhotoShop |
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| Application to create/edit multi-media presentations, e.g. PowerPoint |
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| Application to allow creation/editing of web pages/sites. E.g DreamWeaver |
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| MS Office, Open Office. including a WordProcessor, Spreadsheet, DataBase and presentation software. |
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| Hardware, accessibility, compatiability, cost, speed, security |
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| Can all the devices work with each other. |
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| Licence, set-up, training, maintenance |
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