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    Y10-04-P23: Utility software

    Y10-04-P23: Utility software

    Learning objectives
    In this lesson you will learn to:

    • Define what is meant by the term ‘utility software’


    • Identify different types of utility software
    • Describe the purpose of different types of utility software
    • Select which utility software tool to use for a particular task.

    For more information and additional student activities see Topic 3.2
    of the student book.

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    Y10-04-P23: Utility software

    Utility software
    • Previously you have learned that there are two types of software -
    systems and applications. Operating systems are a type of
    systems software.

    • Utility software is another type of system software, that:


    • adds functionality to a computer, improves its performance, or
    helps maintain its hardware or other software
    • performs a specific management task such as backup and
    recovery, disk clean up, compression or archiving.

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    Y10-04-P23: Utility software

    Research task
    • Your first activity today is to research some of the tools that are
    available to perform utility tasks.
    • There are a huge array of free and proprietary tools for performing
    these tasks.
    • The types of utility program you need to research are:
    • file repair/recovery software
    • backup/recovery software
    • file compression software
    • disk defragmentation software.

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    Y10-04-P23: Utility software

    Choosing the right tool for the job


    • It’s important to select the right tool for the job. This is as true in
    computing as it is in life!
    • You may need to select a utility program for a particular situation
    and explain why it is necessary.

    • A laptop has starting running slowly. It takes a long time to open files
    so that they can be worked on. Identify and justify a utility software
    program to use in this case.
    • Disk defragmentation might be necessary to move all of the files into
    contiguous storage on the hard disk in order to speed up access.

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    Y10-04-P23: Utility software

    Wrap up: you have learned how to…


     Define what is meant by the term ‘utility software’.
    • Small specialised program designed to perform specific maintenance
    tasks.
     Describe the purpose of different types of utility software.
    • File repair/recovery software – for when files may have become corrupted
    due to malfunction or cyberattack.
    • Backup/recovery software – to save a copy of the system in another place
    in case of hardware failure or attack, so that the most recent state of the
    system can be recovered later.
    • File compression software – to reduce file sizes in order to save space on
    a hard drive or for transmission.
    • Disk defragmentation software – to move fragmented files into contiguous
    space on the disk in order to free up larger blocks of continuous space
    and speed up file access.

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