Software Compatibility Issues

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Parent Category: Hardware
Category: Types of Computer Systems
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SYLLABUS 

Identification of software compatibility issues; old/new software old/new hardware 11 ATAR, 12 GEN

VOCABULARY

  • compatible = to exist together and not have any problems
  • compatibility issues = together, but having lots of problems
  • complementary = made for each other. Old software is made for old computers. New software is made for new computers.

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New Software and OLD Computing Device

  • This has the most problems.
  • New software was designed for new computers.
  • When they made the software, they tested on the new computers at the time. To make sure it worked well on the new computers.
  • New software usually needs more RAM and better CPUs. This is because new software is improved and needs better hardware to work well.

Old Software and New Computing Device

  • This has a few problems between the hardware and the software.
  • The biggest problem is loading software onto a computer it wasn't designed for or tested on.
  • Software is made to work with particular operating systems. For example, WinXP is software from 2001.
  • A new desktop computer will be able to run WinXP (on Windows), but the latest release of Adobe Premiere Pro won't work on WinXP.
  • Lots of old software will not work on new computers.
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FOR YOU TO DO

  1. Locate a computer to analyse.
  2. Find out what operating system it has.
  3. Find out what software can be run on it. ie What software is compatible with it.
  4. Work out what software can't be run on it.
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