ITF+ - Ch. 5 - Software Applications

Type of software that provides a free trial version of an app. A "try before you buy" option

HTTP is more secure than HTTPS

What system tool can you use to access the drivers to check for updates?

Completely free software AND source code

Software that lets the operating system and a device communicate

Software that can only work on one OS (platform)

What mode prevents your browsing history from being stored

Tells you a little about the file and tells the OS what to do with it

When another company owns the hardware and/or software and users access it from the Internet, that software is what?

Allows software to be installed on many PCs but used simultaneously by a smaller number of them

The list of rules dictating what traffic can get through the firewall and what traffic is blocked by the firewall.

Commercial software that limits installation to a single user or that only one instance of the app can be used at once

A licensing agreement you make with a software company when you buy an app

Small windows that appear on top of web pages, often for ads and promotions

Windows feature that enables newer versions of Windows to mimic a older version when it is dealing with a particular app

A broad term for software designed to do harm to your computer