Friday, September 29th

Updated on September 29, 2017 9:15 AM

If you missed the chapter 1-3 exam the deadline for makeups is next Wednesday.

Martin and Daniel will present news articles today.
Other items in the news?

Review - what does an OS do? List five tasks the OS is responsible for. If you are not sure open control panel and that should give you some ideas.

OS History - GUI vs Command-line interface (CLI), Menu Driven, DOS - demo help, start calc, ping, tracert, date, systeminfo, tree

System Software - Operating Systems, Utilities, Drivers, Printer Install, Backup Utility - open this utility.
How much is your data worth? What if you were a business owner?
Find two cloud backup services for your home computer. When is the worst time to think about backing up your data?

Warm-up - Add an Okidata ML 420 printer to your computer - show for teacher check.
Multitasking - problem solved, concurrent processing, utilities, device drivers - how many processors does your PC have? - task manager
Emulators - running Windows software on a Mac, problem solved
From Bootup to Shutdown - pages 152-153

File Management - tools and tricks - file management, path, root directory - I will check your file structure on Friday. Your answers should be uploaded toSchool Loop.

Disk Defragmenter - you may need to login is as comprep to have admin privelages, use comp as the password. Check first, if defraggler is already installed and you can run it then there is no need to login as comprep. Upload your answers toSchool Loop.
Show the running defragmenting program to your instructor for teacher check.

Continue work on your definitions.

 

Homework

Read pages 162-170
Complete On-line Study Guide for Chapter 4 - send me an email with your 100% score by Monday. Send yourself a copy of the email as a record of your score.

Continue work on Definitions:
key terms—software (application), shareware, public domain, freeware, commercial software,
integrated software, user manual, registration card, serial number, warranty, copyright, licence
(multi-user, single user, site licence), compression/decompression, back-up, back door (trapdoor),
upload/download, wizard, template, GUI, command-line interface, voice recognition.

upgrade, bugs, debugging, compatibility, EULA, multitasking - printing, task bar, menus, context sensitive, self tuning, multiple-user systems, cross platform apps - page 160, emulators - virtual machines, java virtual machine - platform independent

What

3.2 Software
System utilities
• Defragmentation/optimization and disk utility software
• Backup, file management, account and accessibility management
• Monitor and keyboard settings, for example, international settings, disability settings

Why

Understanding what your operating system allows you to take full advantage of all of the features it offers. Being able to make use of different interfaces allows greater access to the capabilities or your computer.

How

By being able to install hardware devices and the required drivers for that hardware.