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CPT 101 Concepts Exam 2
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Application Programming Interface (API)


✓~ A set of software routines that allows one software system to work with

another.

Blocks of code that the CPU recognizes

Ex. Microsoft Direct X




Authentication


✓~ The process of identifying a computer user, based on a login or

username and password. The computer system determines whether the

computer user is authorized and what level of access is to be granted on the

network.




Basic Input/Output System (BIOS)


✓~ A program that manages the data between a computer's operating

system and all the input and output devices attached to the computer; also

responsible for loading the operating system (OS) from its permanent location

on the hard drive to random access memory (RAM).

,Boot Process


✓~ The process for loading the operating system (OS) into random access

memory (RAM) when the computer is turned on.




Cluster


✓~ The smallest increment in which data is stored on hard disks; hard disks

are divided into tracks, then wedges, then sectors, then clusters.




command-driven interface


✓~ Interface between user and computer in which the user enters commands

to communicate with the computer system.




device driver


✓~ Software that facilitates the communication between a device and the

operating system.




Directory


✓~ A hierarchical structure that include files, folders, and drives used to

create a more organized and efficient computer.

Drives, Libraries, Folders, Subfolders, Files

,Disk Cleanup


✓~ a Windows utility that removes unnecessary files from the hard drive




Disk Defragmentation


✓~ The process of regrouping related pieces of files on the hard drive,

enabling faster retrieval of the data.




Distributions (distros)


✓~ Linux download packages




event


✓~ The result of an action, such as a keystroke, mouse click, or signal to the

printer, in the respective device (keyboard, mouse, or printer) to which the

operating system responds.




extension (file type)


✓~ In a file name, the three letters that follow the user-supplied file name

after the dot (.); the extension identifies what kind of family of files the file

belongs to, or which application should be used to read the file.




file

, ✓~ A collection of related pieces of information stored together for easy

reference.

*Treated as a single unit*

Stored on permanent storage device




file compression utility


✓~ A program that takes out redundancies in a file in order to reduce the file

size.




File Explorer


✓~ The main tool for finding, viewing, and managing the contents of your

computer by showing the location and contents of every drive, folder, and file;

called Windows Explorer prior to Windows 8.




File History


✓~ A Windows utility that automatically creates a duplicate of your libraries,

desktop, contacts, and favorites and copies it to another storage device, such

as an external hard drive.




File Management

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