Operating System Vocabulary

Describes the devices used to hold information

• Hard Drive
• Data Storage
• Operating System
• GUI

The main work-space view before you open any programs

• Window
• Icons
• Desktop
• Kernel

Small graphics that let you access programs and resources

• Apps
• Widgets
• Gadgets
• Icons

Provides images that users can use to find and control computer processes.

• Graphical user interface (GUI)
• Kernel
• CD-ROM
• Apps

The primary storage component of a computer which holds all software and data.

• CD-ROM
• RAM
• Gadgets
• Hard Drive

An acronym for Compact Disc Read-Only Memory.

• RAM
• OP
• CD-ROM
• NASA

A group of programs that manage services between hardware and applications.

• Operating System
• Application Programs
• CD-ROM
• RAM

Controls how internal and external hardware sends, receives and stores information

• Kernel
• User interface
• Gadgets
• Widgets

Allows people to use applications on devices.

• User Interface
• Kernel
• Application Systems
• Operating System

Opening more than one window at a time.

• Operations
• Desktop
• Multitasking
• Operating System