Utility Programs

• Utility Programs manage Security and the Maintainence of a computer.
• Utility Programs carry out housekeeping tasks on the PC.
• There are 3 types of Utility Programs: Defragmentation, Compression and Encryption.
• Compression Uses an algorithim to reduce file size to create space.
• Defragmentation groups similar data together to make it easier for the Hard Drive to access.
• Encryption Scrambles data to be unreadable to third-parties. Can be decrypted with a private or public key.
• Fragmentation causes the Hard Disk to run slower to read and write