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In DOS,the command ____ displays the files and folders in the current location.

A) CD
B) FORMAT
C) DIR
D) COPY

E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

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What is the purpose of uninstall utilities?

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As programs are used,temporary data is o...

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____ is the current version of Windows Phone.

During the 1980s and early 1990s,____ was the dominant operating system for microcomputers.

-____________________ programs,such as the one shown in the accompanying figure,can be used with both image and text files,though image files generally compress more efficiently.

The file management program incorporated into Windows is ____.

All programs and data located in RAM are divided into fixed-length ____ or variable-length segments,depending on the operating system being used.

Windows 98 was built from the ground up using a different kernel than the other versions of Windows.

Filenames typically include a ____ at the end of the filename.

____________________ is based on the UNIX operating system and originally set the standard for graphical user interfaces.

File extensions should not be changed by the user because the operating system uses them to identify the program that should be used to open the file.

Disk management programs diagnose and repair problems related to your hard drive.

____ is a family of operating systems based on Windows that is designed primarily for consumer and industrial devices that are not personal computers.

Explain multithreading.

Compare graphical user interfaces (GUIs)with command line interfaces.

With Windows Explorer,click a drive or ____________________ icon in the left pane to display its contents in the right pane.

The older DOS operating system and some versions of the UNIX and Linux operating systems use a(n)graphical user interface.

Linux is increasingly being used with both mainframes and supercomputers.

____ includes all the programs that allow a user to perform specific tasks on a computer,such as writing a letter.

Case 5-2 Dean has been using computers for some time now,but he is unfamiliar with a number of utility programs.In order to better maintain his computer,he decides to ask his coworker Andrea for advice on basic utility programs. -Andrea tells Dean that he should periodically perform ____ on his computer to optimize the hard drive so that it works more efficiently.This process works by rearranging the data on the hard drive so all files are stored in contiguous locations.