This is monitoring evaluating and modifying of a
new system to make desirable or necessary improvement.
new system to make desirable or necessary improvement.
There are 2 types of maintenance e hardware and
software maintenance
software maintenance
Software
maintenance
maintenance
This involves modifications made to programmes by
the maintenance
the maintenance
programmer or the computer programmer.
I.
It
involves adding a new record to data
It
involves adding a new record to data
II.
It
involves deleting a record, inserting
It
involves deleting a record, inserting
III.
Merging
and sorting files
Merging
and sorting files
IV.
Updating
etc
Updating
etc
Hardware
maintenance
maintenance
In this case there are 2 types of maintenance;
these are corrective and preventive maintenance.
these are corrective and preventive maintenance.
Preventive maintenance
From the word prevent, preventive maintenance;
deals with the maintenance performed on a computer hardware in order to avoid
damage or a built to occur. In this case me service of a computer engineer is
usually employed to look at the system either weekly monthly or annually as the
case may be.
deals with the maintenance performed on a computer hardware in order to avoid
damage or a built to occur. In this case me service of a computer engineer is
usually employed to look at the system either weekly monthly or annually as the
case may be.
Corrective
maintenance
maintenance
For corrective maintenance, this is the maintenance
performed in a computer system in order to repair or removed damage or a fault
that has happened to such computer system (hardware).
performed in a computer system in order to repair or removed damage or a fault
that has happened to such computer system (hardware).
General
maintenance
maintenance
The following are the general maintenance that can
be followed by a computer user.
be followed by a computer user.
a.
The computer
system environment should be neat, well ventilated and dust free
The computer
system environment should be neat, well ventilated and dust free
b.
There
should be the use of antistatic rug
There
should be the use of antistatic rug
c.
The
computer room must be well secured i.e. it should be burglary proof
The
computer room must be well secured i.e. it should be burglary proof
d.
Eating
should be disallowed in the computer room to avoid rodents
Eating
should be disallowed in the computer room to avoid rodents
e.
There
should be back-up copies of files, programmed and data
There
should be back-up copies of files, programmed and data
f.
Visitors
should be disallowed from entering where your computer
Visitors
should be disallowed from entering where your computer
g.
gadget/equipments
are.
gadget/equipments
are.
