2024 WGU-C182: Operating Systems and Applications Questions and Answers Solved 100% Correct!!

What is IT? - Answer-a system with hardware, software and people as the main sub-systems. Where is software used at the OS level? - Answer-to control hardware and enable interactions with people using IT. Software within an organization. - Answer-the software used and developed needs to support a company's goals. Goals often supported by software. - Answer-- improve communications internally and externally - share resources among employees - allow for better integration between functional areas of an organization - help ensure security of a company's confidential information Application software - Answer-consists of programs that end users run to accomplish tasks. Productivity software - Answer-includes the word processor, presentation software (e.g., PowerPoint), spreadsheet program, database management systems, calendar program, address book, and data organizer. horizontal software - Answer-the software can be used across all divisions within an organization. Vertical software - Answer-software used by select groups with an organization or to a specific discipline. System software - Answer-programs that make up the operating system. daemons or services - Answer-pieces of the operating system that run in the background all of the time. server software - Answer-works with hardware to provide a network service.Local Applications - Answer-Software that is stored on an individual computer Intranet - Answer-A LAN that uses the Internet Protocol Cloud Computing - Answer-allows an organization to access resources and applications from anywhere/anytime. operating system - Answer-a program, primary task is to allow a computer user to easily access the hardware and software of a computer system, required to maintain the computer's environment. OS support control - Answer-it allows the user to control the actions of the software, and through the software, to control (or access) hardware. Server - Answer-dedicated computers within a network whose function is to respond to network requests and provide a network service. Server OSs - Answer-Windows Server, Unix and Linux