Upgrading Software

What is a "patch"?

• An update

• An upgrade

• A new program

• A piece of hardware

A version number goes from 2.3 to 2.4. What has happened?

• A new piece of software has been installed

• Software has been updated

• Software has been upgraded

• Software has been removed

Select two downsides to maintaining software

• Reduces security

• Training may be needed

• Functionality may be added

• Functionality may be lost

What is meant by upgrading software?

• Adding a patch to fix mainly underlying bugs that have been reported

• Adding new features and functionality and bug fixing

• Saving an application on your computer for the first time

Types of operating systems:

• Unix

• Robotics

• Linux

• Windows

• Business

Application software performs a useful finction.

• True

• False

What are the 2 main types of software?

• System and Application

• Informational and Entertainment

• Dynamic and Static

• Professional and Home-based

What is Software?

• User Applications and Operating Systems
• Physicals parts of a Computer

Programs that are digital and you cannot physically touch. They give instruction to the computer.

• keyboard
• mother board
• hardware
• software

Certain computing projects in education and science are free and maintained by a diverse community of people. Their software is usually distributed as:

• open source
• charity
• off the shelf