Vocabulary Words

Algorithm - Step by step instructions needed to finish a task.

Applications software - A program that was made to do a specific task.

Boot - A process that starts the computer's operating system when the computer is turned on.

Graphical user interfaces (GUIs) - Something that allows people to use a program/computer with more ways than typing.

Language translators - Programs that translates program code into machine code so the computer can understand.

MS-DOS - ( Microsoft Disk Operating System ) A operating system created by Microsoft for PC's

Multitasking - To do more than one thing at a time. To run more than one program on computers.

Network operating system - A operating system made to share data and communicate between computers

Operating system - A software that controls hardware and basic system operations for a computer.

Software development - The set of activities that result in making a software.

Systems software - A Software that eases the use of a computer system

Unix - An operating system for a computer that is capable of handling activity from multiple users. It is the most common OS for servers on the Internet

User interface - The product's user friendly design, like menus, click-able images and drag and drop

Utility software - Programs that keep the computer organized and clean