utility program

utility program

noun Computers.
system software used to perform standard operations, as sorting data or copying data from one file to another, for application programs or other system software.
Also, utility.


Origin:
1960–65
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Utility program is always a great word to know.
So is interleaving. Does it mean:
to incorporate new or more accurate information in a database, program or procedure
a method for making data retrieval more efficient by rearranging the sectors on a hard disk so that the they can be read in alternating cycles
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