Lesson 8 - Systems Software

Stopping unauthorised user access to the computer

Search and find device drivers for peripherals

Allocate memory to programs

Provide access to the internet

Command Line Interface

Graphical User Interface

Menu Drive Interface

Natural Language Interface

Running

Runnable

Hold

Waiting

True

False

Give access to the internet

Allow a peripheral to interact with a computer

Stop unauthorised access to the computer

Stop viruses from getting into the computer

None

One

Two

More than two

True

False

So that advanced users can carry out more technical tasks

To make it quicker for people to do tasks on the computer

To make it easier for people to use the computer

As it looks nicer

A type of machine code

A piece of hardware that connects to a computer

A type of memory

A piece of hardware inside the computer

You have to know the commands to perform actions

It uses less memory to run

You can use more advanced functions of the operating system

It is more flexible than a GUI