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Lesson 6
Operating System Software
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Computer Science
8th Grade
03/14/2006

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Applications Software
Definition
helps you preform specific tasks
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Graphical user interface (GUIs)
Definition
respent files, disks, programs, and other objects
pops up when you turn on the computer
Term
Hardware
Definition
refers to anything you can touch
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MS-DOS
Definition
one of the most widely used command-line interfaces for mircocomputers
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Multitasking
Definition
allows a single user to work on two or more applications that reside in the memory at the same time
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Network operating system
Definition
the operation system software that runs on a server
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Operating Systems
Definition
provide an interface between the user or application program and the computer hardware
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Software
Definition
Intangible set of instructions that tell the computer what to do
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System software
Definition
Group of programs that coordinate and control the resources and operations of a computer system
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Unix
Definition
is considered a portable operating system
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user interface
Definition
part of the operating system with which we are most familiar
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