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Software Vocabulary

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show instructions used by a computer to operate its hardware of perform tasks such as word pro processing. Anything you cannot touch is software. It can be stored electronically  
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show allows your computer to run, it operates your computer  
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show designed to do a specific task for the user  
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show A kind of software that lets strangers snoop around on your computer and steal your personal information, or spy on what you do when you’re online, can record/remember passwords or credit card numbers as you type it in  
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show Software that was written to harm your computer (malware or Trojan horse)  
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Shareware   show
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Freeware   show
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Public Domain Software   show
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Multimedia   show
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show Windows, Vista, Mac OS  
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Program or Application Software Examples   show
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Input   show
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Output   show
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show Joystick, Keyboard, Card Reader, Digital Camera, Mouse, Scanner, Microphone, Webcam  
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Output Device Examples   show
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show • Working memory of your computer that depends on electrical power of your machine. • Amount of memory that you have available (4 GB). • The more programs you have open, the more RAM you are using and your computer will run slower  
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Read Only Memory (ROM)   show
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Is it true that I can get a virus or spyware from anything that I download from the Internet?   show
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