Softwares

Softwares

1. Word Processing

   • All word processing applications allow you to: enter and edit text, save, print, cut/copy/paste, check your spelling and format text.
     • Formatting includes: change font type and size, change the alignment of text, bold text, underline text, italicise text, create bulleted or numbered lists.
       • This makes reading word processing documents easier and more appealing to the eyes.
   • Mail Merging
     • A feature that allows users to personalise letters with names and addresses from a database
     • it’s a very fast way to produce hundreds of personalised letters
     • The database that provides the information for the mail merge letter must be kept up to date if it is going to be used

2. Programming Languages

   • Specially written code used for writing applications
     • High level languages have been developed to be a little like a human language
       • Like C++ and Java
     • Low level language such as Machine Code, or Assembly Language
       • Low level languages run very fast.

3. Presentation Software

   • Contain any mixture of text, images, video, animations, links and sound for presentational purposes.

4. Operating Systems

   • Real-time processing ; reacts within a guaranteed time to an input.
   • Multi-programming ; several programs appear to be running at once.
   • Batch processing ; programs or data are collected together in a batch and processed in one go.
   • Interactive processing ; the opposite of batch processing.
   • Multi-tasking ; multiple tasks run concurrently, taking turns using the resources of the computer.
   • Multi-access or multi-user

5. User Interfaces

   • The method by which the user and the computer exchange information and instructions
     • Like...
       • Command-line
         • Allows users to interact with the computer by typing in commands.
       • Menu Driven
         • The user is offered a simple menu from which to choose an option. One menu often leads to a further menu.
       • Graphical User Interfaces
         • Pointing a mouse at an icon representing an option

6. Graphic Software

   • The range of pictures, drawings and images which can be produced by a computer.
     • E.g. Programme.. painting, drawing, photo editing and CAD
   • JPG – small file size, used by cameras and for images on the internet.
   • GIF – small file size, used on the internet for images that have large blocks of colour.
   • PNG – small to medium file size, designed to replace GIF.
   • BMP – large file size
   • TIFF – very large file size, primarily used in the print industry
   • Can be used to edit pictures.

7. Desktop Publishing

   • DTP applications allow users to create page layouts using text and pictures