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ICT Lesson, 15 March Notes

1. Utility software

  • Backup Utilities

    • Does backups
    • Backup so you can restore it in case anything goes wrong

  • Data recovery utilities

    • Recover data if your data is corrupted
    • e.g. corrupted disk, accidentally delete
    • can even recover data from a broken disk (sometimes)

  • AntiVirus

    • talk in F5

  • Program Uninstaller

    • Uninstalls programs

  • File Compressor

    • Compress files
      • e.g. zip, 7z, gz, etc.
    • Makes files smaller, but doesn't change the contents

  • Defragmentation software

    • Relocate the files to nearby segments on HDD
    • Not really needed nowadays

  • Task manager

    • Shows devices status, e.g. CPU, GPU and hard disk usage
    • Shows running processes

  • Driver programs

    • Used to power other peripheral hardwares
    • Linux drivers are in kernel tree (drivers/)
    • Still required by some devices nowadays, e.g. Printers