Chapter 2: Application Software

Chapter 2: Application Software

1. Making Business Work

   • 1. Office application suites
     • Word Processing
     • Spreadsheet
     • Presentation
     • Database software
   • 2. Personal information manager software manages email, contacts, calendars, and tasks
   • 3. Project management software helps businesses keep projects on schedule
   • 4. Document management systems
     • Save electronic documents
     • Share electronic documents
     • Search electronic documents
     • Audit electronic documents

2. Making it Personal

   • 1. Personal productivity software
     • Office applications
     • Financial
     • Reference
   • 2. Entertainment software
     • Media management
     • Photo and video editing
     • Games
   • 3. Education and reference software
     • Trip planning
     • Genealogy
     • Landscaping
   • 4. Portable apps can be stored on and run from a flash drive

3. Will it Run?

   • 1. File Explorer can help you determine the drives and storage space available on your computer
   • 2. You can find out your system specifications by using the System control panel or the About This Mac window
   • 3. System requirements are the minimum requirements needed to run software and include hardware and software specifications

4. Where to Get It

   • 1. When you purchase software, you don't own it, but are only licensing it - unless it's open source
   • 2. You should read the EULA (end-user license agreement) to determine the restrictions and potential add-on features related to the software before you install it
   • 3. Not all proprietary software has a fee, and not all open source software is free

5. Your Head in the Cloud

   • 1. The cloud is the Internet
   • 2. Cloud computing uses hardware and software resources that are in the cloud instead of local
   • 3. Cloud computing services
     • Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
     • Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)
     • Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)

6. Managing Software on Your System

   • 1. Installing programs
     • App store
     • Flash drive/ DVD
     • Download from website
   • 2. Software publishers regularly release updates to their programs
   • 3. When you no longer need a program on your computer, you should uninstall it by using the proper uninstaller