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Word processing software is likely to include which of the following features?

A) Search and Replace and readability formula
B) What-if analysis and worksheet
C) Cell references and functions
D) All of the above

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If you wanted to run multiple operating systems simultaneously on one computer, you would use a virtual machine.

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Within a single program, multiprocessing allows multiple commands, or threads, to run simultaneously.

An operating system's ____________ capability supports a division of labor among all the processing units.

Which of the following would not be considered an operating system resource?

Like books and movies, software is a type of intellectual property.

Many Web apps allow several people to collaborate on projects because the project files are stored on the Web and can be easily shared.

Which OS is installed on more than 80% of the world's personal computers?

Purchasing software is the same as buying tangible goods, meaning software can be used, altered, loaned to friends, resold, or given away.

Windows evolved from a Microsoft operating system called _____.

An operating system ensures that input and output proceed in an orderly manner, using ___________ to collect and hold data while the device is busy with other tasks.

Magnetic and optical media are divided into circular ______ and then further divided into pie-shaped ________.

There is a universal standard for categorizing software, and various categorization schemes have few similarities.

In a spreadsheet worksheet, each cell in a grid can contain a value, label, or formula.

Most Web apps require installation on your local computer or handheld device.

Database software stores data as a series of ____________, which are composed of fields that hold data.

Applications include menu options for opening and saving files, calling on the operating system's file management routines to get the job done.

Although there are online sources for software, most consumers obtain software offline.

Some database software provides tools to work with more than one collection of records, as long as the records are somehow related to each other.

On Windows systems, the main executable file has a(n) ________ extension.