Software Application and Systems Software

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What are the 3 types of Application Software?
General
Special
Bespoke
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What does the Operating System do/provide?
User Interface
Management
Interrupts
Multitask Provider
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What do Utility Programs do?
Defragmentation
Backups
Updates
Virus Checks
File Compression
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When can a Partial Backup occur?
Once a Full Backup has occurred
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Define 'Libraries'
Importable prewritten and pretested functions
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What are 'Linkers'?
Attachments that allow library functions to be called from any device
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When selecting Application Software, what are the 5 things that should be looked for?
Functionality
Hardware
Availability
Cost
Reliability
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What are the 3 translators?
Interpreter
Compiler
Assembler
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What are the stages of Compilation?
Lexical Analysis
Syntax Analysis
(Semantic Analysis)
Code Generation
Code Optimisation
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What is Bytecode?
The intermediate step before source code
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True or False: Application Software is built into the system?
False
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What are the 3 states Application Software can be in?
Open
Closed
Proprietary
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What does the Operating System do/provide?

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Management
Interrupts
Multitask Provider

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What do Utility Programs do?

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When can a Partial Backup occur?

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Define 'Libraries'

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