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Eduqas 5539 Unit 1, sub-point 1.1.2 — the second software lesson. Antivirus, backup, compression and defragmentation: the maintenance and protection programs that run alongside the operating system rather than being part of it. Links back to lesson 7 (system software) and lessons 2-3 (SSD vs magn…

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Lesson outline

  1. Do Now — Retrieval from Lesson 7, Then a Pivot
  2. Keywords for This Lesson
  3. Quick Check — System, Applications or Utility Software?
  4. Four Types of Utility Software
  5. Quick Check — Which Utility Software Is Needed?
  6. Antivirus Software
  7. Hinge Question — Antivirus Software
  8. Backup Software
  9. Quick Check — Backup Terms
  10. Compression Software: Lossy vs Lossless
  11. Quick Check — Lossy or Lossless?
  12. Disk Defragmentation — Reorganising a Magnetic Disk
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