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 GIGO. Does it mean:
a type of job or problem that lends itself to processing or solution by computer
a rule of thumb stating that when faulty data are fed into a computer, the information that emerges will also be faulty: garbage in, garbage out
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