10) What utility programs are included in system software, and what do they do?



A: Utility software helps maintain and optimize a computer.You can
adjust your display, add or remove programs, compress files, clean
unnecessary files off your system, check for lost files and errors,
restore your system to previous settings, back up your files, schedule
automatic tasks, and check on programs that have stopped running.
Examples of these software's are anti-virus(scan computer for
viruses),disk cleaners(users can decide what to delete when their
hard-disk is full), backup(make copies of files stored on a disk),
memory testers(check for memory failure), file managers(helpful tasks,
such as deleting, moving, merging, copying & modifying data), e.t.c...


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