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Embedded Systems means:

• • Businesses cannot charge anything for the software, only the hardware

  
  

• • Systems designed to do a specific task on hardware optimized for only that purpose

  
  

• • Users must support the systems themselves

  
  

• • You can view the software’s source code

  
  

Linux originally only ran on:

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• • Specialized processor chips

  
  

• • Raspberry Pi computers

  
  

• • Xerox copy machines

  
  

• • Intel 386 PCs

  
  

• • Macintosh

Bundling utilities, management tools, and application software with a Linux kernel is called a:

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• • A text editor

  
  

• • A type of hardware

  
  

• • A distribution of Linux

  
  

• • A trademark

  
  

A software release cycle describes:

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• • How often the software’s memory is released back to the operating system

  
  

• • How often the computer must be rebooted

  
  

• • How often upgrades come out for software

  
  

• • How often security fixes are implemented

  
  

• • How often the computer must be upgraded to support new software

  
  

Apple’s OS X is:

• • Tightly integrated with Apple hardware

  
  

• • A fully certified UNIX distribution

  
  

• • Primarily used to manage network services

  
  

• • Able to natively run Windows binaries

  
  

• • Partially based on code from the FreeBSD project

  
  

Microsoft Windows:

• • Offers both desktop and server products

  
  

• • Has a short maintenance cycle

  
  

• • Is generally backwards compatible with previous versions

  
  

• • Has a scripting environment called PowerShell

  
  

• • Has a new desktop version every year.

  
  

An interpreted programming language:

• • Takes fewer resources to run than a compiled language

  
  

• • Tends to offer more features than compiled languages

  
  

• • Requires a compilation step but no linking step

  
  

• • Is converted into machine specific instructions as the program runs

  
  

• • Requires a linking step but no compilation step

  
  

The two main families of Linux shells are:

• • Bourne Shell

  
  

• • Korn shell

  
  

• • Emacs

  
  

• • C Shell

  
  

• • Python Shell

  
  

In virtualization, what are the host and guest?

• • The guest is the machine that runs the virtual machines

  
  

• • The terms can be used interchangeably

  
  

• • The host is the machine that runs the virtual machines

  
  

• • A guest is a virtual machine

  
  

• • A host is a virtual machine

  
  

Cloud computing is:

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• • Is made possible by faster internet speeds

  
  

• • Is useful for both business and home users

  
  

• • All are correct

  
  

• • Requires fewer resources because systems are shared among many users

  
  

• • Allows users in different geographical regions to work together in real time