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Terms for Module 8

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  • It allows a customer or organization to purchase for a specific period for a set of price.
    subscription-based app
  • It involves testing the disk and writing a new file system onto the disk.
    format
  • It is common term for an application.
    app
  • They are devices for recording (storing) information (data).
    storage media
  • They are simple applications/icons that you can place on your desktop or dashboard.
    widget
  • restarts the computer
    warm boot
  • It is licensed under exclusive legal right of the copyright holder also known as closed source or paid apps.
    proprietary software
  • It is physical media (CD, DVD, USB flash drive or other removable media supported by a machine BIOS as a boot device) that boots on any PC-compatible machine.
    bootable media
  • It provides users for a certain limited trial basis and pursuant to a license which restricts any commercial benefit, use or exploitation of the software.
    trial ware
  • It is a section of a storage and is treated by the operating system as a separate logical volume.
    partition
  • It loads the first piece of software that starts a computer.
    boot
  • Turn on a computer from off state. It is also called as hard boot.
    cold boot
  • A term use to devices that will work without requiring driver installation.
    plug n play
  • They are applications that can be use by the end users for free.
    open source or freeware
  • It is a software program that enables a specific hardware device to work.
    drivers