Utility Software

1.      What is Utility Software?

- Utility software is system software designed to help analyse, configure, optimize or maintain a computer. Utility software usually focuses on how the computer infrastructure operates.

2.      What is Anti-virus Software and how does it work?

- Antivirus software is used to safeguard a computer from malware, including viruses, computer worms, and Trojan horses. Antivirus software may also remove or prevent spyware and adware, along with other forms of malicious programs.

3.      Viruses, Trojan horses, and worms

-  Viruses, worms and Trojan Horses are all malicious programs that can cause damage to your computer, but there are differences among the three, and knowing those differences can help you better protect your computer from their often damaging effects.

4.      What is a firewall and why would we use one?

 - If your PC is connected to the Internet, you are a potential target to an array of cyber threats, such as hackers, key loggers, and Trojans that attack through unpatched security holes, a firewall can prevent this from happening.

5.      What is encryption and why would we use it?

- Encryption is the most effective way to achieve data security. To read an encrypted file, you must have access to a secret key or password that enables you to decrypt it.

6.      What is disc management software and why do we need it?

- Disk Management is an extension of the Microsoft Management Console that allows full management of the disk-based hardware recognized by Windows. Disk Management is used to manage the drives installed in a computer - like hard disk drives (internal and external),optical disk drives, and flash drives.

7.      What is disc defragmentation and how does it work?

- Disk Defragmenter is a tool that rearranges the data on your volume and reunites fragmented data so your computer can run more efficiently. In this version of Windows, Disk Defragmenter runs on a schedule so you don't have to remember to run it, although you can still run it manually or change the schedule it uses.

8.      What is system maintenance software and why do we need it?

9.      What are development or dev tools and why do we use them?

 - The Dev Tools application, you can enable a number of settings on your device that will make it easier to test and debug your applications. The Dev Tools application relies on a number of permissions that are not available for third party applications. If you'd like to install the Dev Tools application on a real development device, you'd have to build a system image for that device and sign the Dev Tools application with the same key as used for the system image

10.  Explain what an assembly language is and what we use an assembler for.

 - A low-level symbolic code converted by an assembler.