Exam 3: Computer Software

BSD is slightly more restrictive than GPL because it requires derivative works to be licensed under a BSD.

Font size is measured as ____ size.

Your document production software typically allows you to define a(n) ____ that lets you apply several font and paragraph elements with a single click.

The multiplication and division symbols are examples of mathematical ____.

Public domain software may be freely copied, distributed, and even resold.

Desktop widgets like those shown in the figure above are sometimes known as ____.

Critical Thinking questions (Multiple Choice) Which type of computer game provides a realistic setting as its main feature?

Titles can be as large as ____ pt.

Critical Thinking questions (Multiple Choice) A site license ____.

Boxed software can give you a physical record of your ____.

A(n) ____ language provides a set of commands for locating and manipulating data.

A ____ is a computer program that seems to perform one function while actually doing something else.

How is software categorized?

____ software is typically sold in computer stores or at Web sites.

A virus ____________________ usually arrives as an e-mail message containing dire warnings about a supposedly new virus that is on the loose.

Software is categorized as user software or system software.

Case Based Critical Thinking Questions Case 1 You have been given three different databases, all of which use different database software, and your supervisor is asking you to identify which type of method each database uses to make its queries. The second database uses a query like this: Which buildings were built before 1900? What kind of method is this?

What is demoware?