| A | B |
| Command line interface | A text based user interface. |
| Cooperative multitasking | An environment in which programs share memory addresses and exchange information |
| disk cluster | The basic unit of logical storage on a disk. |
| File Allocation Table | The type of file system used on Windows operating systems. |
| Graphical user interface | These are also known as Icons. |
| Kernel | The core of the operating system |
| Linux | An open source operating system that looks and feels like Unix (aka Baby Unix) |
| Open-source | Software that is distributed and available for free |
| Peer-to-Peer Network | Kind of networking in which every computer plays an equal role in the network. |
| Preemptive multitasking | The operating system controls the allocation of processor time, and 32 bit programs run in their own separate address space. |
| User interface | The component of the OS that the user interacts with. |