CHAPTER 3:Application Software

 

Application sofware

What is application sofware?

• Programs designed to make user more productive.

 How is sofware diatributed?

• Packaged software
• Custom software
• Web- based software
• Open source software
• Shareware
• Freeware
• Public –domain software

Word processing

What is word proccesing software?

• Allow users to creat and manipulated text and graphics

•  Clip art is a collection that can you can insetin documents.

Spreadsheet software

•       Organizes data
•       Perform calculations and recalculates when data change
•       Charting capabilities

How is a sreadsheet organized?

•      Columns identified by letters
•      Rows identified by numbers
•      A cell the intersection of a column and row

What is the function?

•     A predefined formula that perform common calculation

                    Eg : B10+B11+B12+B13+B14+B15=SUM(B10:B15)

  

What is charting?

•     Allows you to displays speardsheet data in graphical form

Database software

What is database software?

•  Allows you to craet access,and manage data
•  Add,change,delete,sort,and retrieve data

Presentation graphic software

•   Used to creat visual aid for presentation
•  A presentation is sometimes called a slide show

Graphical user interface

What is a graphical user interface?

•   User interacts with menus and visual image
•   Allows you to interact with the software using graphics and visual images
•   Controls how you enter data instructions and how the screen displays information

Types of operating systems

What is window XP?

•   Fat,reliable Windows operating system
•   Available in five editions:
        Home  edition, Professional Edition, Table PC Edition, Media Center Edition and Professional 64- bit Edition

What is Window Vista

•   Successor to Window XP, containing a new interface and new / enhanced categories

What is Mac OS X? 

• Available only for computers manufactured by Apple

•   Macintosh operating systemhas been model for most GUIs

What is UNIX

•   Used by power users because of its flexibility and power
•   Most versions offer GUIs
•   Available for computers of all sizes

What is LINUX?

•   Popular, free, multitasking UNIX-type operating system
•   Open-source software code is available to public
•   Both a stand-alone and a network operating system