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Application software MLF
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- 1Sources of informationFiles on disks and Memory sticks
CD ROMS and DVD’s
Databases
Websites - 2Application softwaresoftware designed to do a particular job
- 3Operating systemthe software that controls the hardware and also runs the programs
- 4Programthe set of step by step instructions that tell the computer hardware what to do.
- 5Softwarethe programs used by computers
- 6Word processorsCan be used for writing assignments, producing letters, keeping notes or writing books and other word processing tasks
- 7Desktop publishersCan be used to manipulate text and images to produce posters, leaflets newsletters and other similar documents.
- 8Presentation softwareCan be used to produce slides used in teaching or lecturing, and may include video, sound, animations and slide transitions e.g. dissolve, fade etc. Some of the slides may have hyperlinks to other slides within the presentation, other presentations, other programs, music files, websites etc. There may be many possibilities.
- 9SpreadsheetsCan be used to perform calculations. Provided the formula is correct, the calculations will always be accurate. Models of situations can be undertaken and ‘What if?’ questions can be asked. Charts and graphs can be drawn from the data to illustrate the results of an investigation.
- 10Databasescan be used for storing data which can than then be sorted or searched. Reports can be printed out.
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- GCSE ICT (Topic 7: Application software) Flashcards on Application software MLF, created by Bonnie Liang on 11/02/2015.
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