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©PREP4EXAMS@2024 [REAL EXAM DUMPS] Thursday, July 25, 2024 12:43 PMCPT 101 Concepts Exam 2 Questions and Answers (100% Pass)
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
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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 - ✔️✔️The process by which humans or computer software provide
organizational structure to a computer's contents.
file name - ✔️✔️The first part of the label applied to a file; it is generally the name a user assigns
to the file when saving it.
file path - ✔️✔️The exact location of a file, starting with the drive in which the file is located, and
including all folders and subfolders.
folder - ✔️✔️A collection of files stored on a computer.
google chrome os - ✔️✔️web based OS
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Graphical User Interface (GUI) - ✔️✔️Unlike the command- and menu-driven interfaces used in
earlier software, GUIs display graphics and use the point-and-click technology of the mouse and
cursor, making them much more user friendly.
interrupt - ✔️✔️A signal that tells the operating system that it's in need of immediate attention.
interrupt handler - ✔️✔️A special numerical code that prioritizes requests from various devices.
These requests then are placed in the interrupt table in the computer's primary memory.
kernel (supervisor program) - ✔️✔️The essential component of the operating system that is
responsible for managing the processor and all other components of the computer system.
Because it stays in random access memory (RAM) the entire time the computer is powered on,
the kernel is called memory resident.
Linux - ✔️✔️An open source operating system based on UNIX. Because of the stable nature of
this operating system, it is often used on Web servers.
Machine Learning - ✔️✔️A form of artificial intelligence that provides computers with the ability
to learn without being explicitly programmed
MacOS - ✔️✔️The first commercially available operating system to incorporate a graphical user
interface (GUI) with user-friendly point-and-click technology.
menu-driven interface - ✔️✔️A user interface in which the user chooses a command from menus
displayed on the screen.
Microsoft account - ✔️✔️Registered user profile with specific user id and password to log into
Windows account from any machine and access familiar desktop and applications.
mobile operating system - ✔️✔️An operating system that includes many features of personal
computer operating systems but are modified to be more functional on handheld devices
Multitask - ✔️✔️The ability of an operating system to perform more than one process at a time.
multiuser operating system (network operating system) - ✔️✔️An operating system that enables
more than one user to access the computer system at one time by efficiently juggling all the
requests from multiple users.
natural language processing - ✔️✔️uses AI techniques to enable computers to generate and
understand natural human languages, such as English
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