ICT Voc

Software running in the background of a computer; it manages many functions such as user interface, error handling, memory management and managing users.

• Operating System (OS)
• Sheets
• Extreme data
• Nested formula/function

A program that takes one or more object files (modules) produced by a compiler and combines them into a single program that can be run on a computer.

• Linker
• Operating System (OS)
• Sheets
• Extreme data

Software that enables one or more hardware devices to communicate with a computer's operating system; as soon as a device is plugged in, the operating system looks for the correct driver.

• Device Driver
• Linker
• Operating System (OS)
• Sheets

This is software that directly executes a program without previously compiling it into a machine language.

• Interpreter
• Device Driver
• Linker
• Operating System (OS)

A program that translates high-level language code into machine code so that it can be run on a computer (that is, it produces object code from original source code).

• Compiler
• Interpreter
• Device Driver
• Linker

Software designed to carry out specific tasks on a computer, such as an antivirus, antispyware, file management, and disk defragmenter.

• Utilities
• Compiler
• Interpreter
• Device Driver

Data collected about one organisation in one large table.

• Flat-file database
• Utilities
• Compiler
• Interpreter

A database with several tables that have fields related to each other

• Relational database
• Flat-file database
• Utilities
• Compiler

The unique identifier for each record in a database.

• Primary Key
• Relational database
• Flat-file database
• Utilities

A category describing database items (the headings in tables).

• Field
• Primary Key
• Relational database
• Flat-file database