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utility software wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 taxonomy toggle taxonomy subsection 1 1 system management 1 2 storage device management 1 3 file management 1 4 miscellaneous 2 see also 3 references toggle the table of contents utility software 39 languages العربية azərbaycanca беларуская български català čeština deutsch español فارسی suomi français gaeilge עברית hrvatski magyar bahasa indonesia italiano 日本語 한국어 latviešu мокшень олык марий bahasa melayu norsk bokmål ਪੰਜਾਬੀ polski português română русский සිංහල simple english slovenščina српски srpski svenska ไทย українська tiếng việt 粵語 中文 edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia software that supports computer infrastructure utility software is software that supports managing the computer infrastructure including computer hardware system software and application software utility software provides for performing tasks as a system administrator that is as a user acting in that role in contrast application software provides for performing tasks as an end user a utility may be a distinct program or multiple utilities are implemented in a single program for example busybox implements many utilities in a single program commonly a utility provides a command line interface but some provide a graphical user interface although an operating system os installation usually includes utilities which are considered part of the os users often install additional utilities 1 2 the additional utilities may provide a better user experience or additional functionality often a user must be authorized for elevated privileges to use a utility since it may affect other users of the system 3 taxonomy edit this section is a taxonomy of kinds of utilities system management edit antivirus protects the host system from computer viruses clipboard manager expands clipboard functionality computer access control grants or denies requests for access to system resources debugger provides for programming level control of program execution including the examination and modification of program data diagnostic determines and reports the operational status of computer hardware and software for example a memory tester network analyzes the host system s network connectivity configures network settings reports data transfer and log events package manager configures installs and updates software on the host system registry cleaner cleans and optimizes the windows registry by removing old registry keys that are no longer in use system monitor monitors resources and performance of the host system system profiler reports information about installed software and hardware storage device management edit backup copies data from a storage device for the purpose of recovering from data loss due to events such as disk failure file corruption or accidental deletion disk checker checks a disk for problems disk cloning duplicates the content of a disk disk compression transparently compress uncompress the content of a disk increasing the capacity of the disk disk defragmenter reorganizes the data of each file so that it is stored contiguously disk formatter writes to a disk so that it can be used for a particular format can prepare a disk for initial use or erase the entire disk disk partitioner divides an disk into multiple logical drives each with its own file system which can be mounted by the operating system disk space analyzer visualizes disk space use for each file and directory tape initializer writes a label to a magnetic tape or other magnetic medium 4 undelete supports recovering files that were deleted file management edit archiver outputs a stream or a single file when provided with a directory or a set of files archive suites may include compression and encryption capabilities some archive utilities have a separate un archive utility for the reverse operation one nearly universal type of archive file format is the zip file cryptographic encrypts and decrypts streams and files data compression outputs a shorter stream or a smaller file when provided with a stream or file data conversion transforms data from a source file to some other format such as from a text file to a pdf document data recovery recovers data from corrupted files data synchronization establishes consistency among data from a source to a target data storage and vice versa disk cleaner deletes files that are unnecessary to computer operation or take up considerable amounts of space file comparison reports differences between files file manager provides an interface for performing file management tasks such as deleting renaming cataloging moving copying merging setting file access creating and modifying directories file synchronization maintains consistency between two storages for various purposes including redundancy and backup revision control manages revisions of files miscellaneous edit data generator creates a file of test data according to specified patterns for example iebdg hex editor allows for editing the data of a file without regard its format html checker validates html code and checks links installation or setup initializes or configures programs usually applications programs for use in a specific computer environment an uninstaller does the opposite macro recorder permits use of keyboard macros in programs that do not natively support such a feature patching modifies files especially object programs when program source is unavailable screensaver controls the host monitor with the intention of preventing phosphor burn in on crt and plasma monitors sort merge program arranges records usually lines of a file into a specified sequence see also edit batch file kdeutils list of dos commands list of macos built in apps list of posix commands shell script support programs for os 360 and successors system software references edit non opec advertisement computerworld sep 3 1979 retrieved may 20 2019 mendelson edward june 8 1999 fix what ails your pc pc magazine retrieved may 20 2019 linux ifconfig command computer hope retrieved may 20 2019 initializers for dectape format the tape into blocks authority control databases international gnd fast national united states france bnf data czech republic other idref yale lux retrieved from https en wikipedia org w 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