Year 9 - Memory and Software

What is software?

• The physical parts of a computer

• The operating information used by a computer

• The memory bank of a computer

• The electrical current inside of a computer

What are the 3 main types of software?

• System, Application and Utilities

• Informational, System and Entertainment

• Basic, Dynamic and Static

• Opensource, Professional and Home-based

The type of software that the users run to do various tasks on a computer is...

• System Software

• Application Software

• Utility Software

• Operative Software

Creating a set of instructions that the computer can use is called...

• Application Creation

• Program Initialization

• Coding

• Instructional Command Prompting (ICP)

A list of instructions to complete a task is...

• Algorithm

• Operating System

• Word Processor

• Cloud Computing

Algorithms that have been written in a language that can be read by a machine are called...

• Hardware

• PCs

• Text Documents

• Programs

Microsoft Windows

• System Software

• Application Software

Mobile Device Apps

• System Software

• Application Software

This is volatile storage

• ROM
• RAM
• Secondary Storage
• Hard Disk

BIOS (Boot-up program) is stored in:

• ROM

• RAM

• Cache

• Hard Disk