UTILITY SOFTWARE

Utility software helps the user to control, manage, and maintain a computer's operating system, hardware and application software. These programs are designed to perform specific functions like finding files, backing up data, playing multimedia files, viewing images and so on. Unlike system software, utility software can be set up, controlled or initiated by the user. Many...

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Compiler, Interpreter, Linker, Loader

Assembler: A computer will not understand any program written in a language, other than its machine language. The programs written in other languages must be translated into the machine language. Such translation is performed with the help of software. A program which translates an assembly language program into a machine language program is called an assembler. If...

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INTRODUCTION OF COMPUTER

                         Computer Computer is an automatic, electronic machine that Accept data & instructions from a user (INPUT) Store the data & instructions (STORAGE) Manipulate the data according to the instructions (PROCESSING) Store &/or output the results to the user (OUTPUT)  ...

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BASIC LINUX

Ubuntu is one of the most customizable operating systems available. In order to begin to understand the various complexities of the system, you need to become familiar with the most basic commands at your disposal. In this tutorial, we will introduce you to some of the everyday commands used on the operating system. These commands will help you as you interact with...

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DISK OPERATING SYSTEM

DOS (Disk Operating System) is an operating system that runs from a hard disk drive The term can also refer to a particular family of disk operating systems, most commonly                      MS-DOS  (Microsoft Disk Operating System) HOW TO START DOS? Click start menu then writer cmd in search...

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COMPUTER HISTORY

EVOLUTION OF COMPUTERS Ancient people used stones for counting or made scratches on wall or tied knots in a rope to record information. But all these were manual computing techniques. Attempts had been going on for developing faster computing devices and the first achievement was abacus, the pioneer computing device used by man. ABACUS Around 3000 B.C, the Mesopotamians...

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OPERATING SYSTEM

OPERATING SYSTEM An OPERATING SYSTEM is a program which acts as a n interface between a user and the hardware (i.e. all the computer resources). OS controls are a major component of a system and controls all other components.  FUNCTIONS OF OPERATING SYSTEM Provide a user interface  Performing housekeeping procedures requested by the user, often concerning...

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