COMPUTER STUDIES-7010

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

UTILITY PROGRAMS

Utility programs are part of the system software. They are designed to do one or two specific but vital tasks very well.

Some utility programs might be supplied as part of the operating system, others are purchased separately.

Some common tasks carried out by utility programs are:

Ø Renaming files.

Ø Deleting files.

Ø Sorting data.

Ø Repairing damaged files.

Ø Sending files to printer.

Ø Copying files.

1 comment: