Software Solutions for Personal and Professional Gain

Software Solutions for Personal and Professional Gain

1. Software

   • System Software
     • Operating system functions
       • Single computer Single User
         • personal computer (desktop, notebook, or smart phone) that supports one user at a time
       • Single computer Multiple Users
         • larger mainframe or server computers that can accommodate hundreds or thousands of people
       • Multiple computers
         • large computer network with thousands of computers attached around the world or a home network with several computers
       • Special-purpose computers
         • embedded systems that control sophisticated military aircraft, the space shuttle, some home appliances, and a variety of other special-purpose computers
   • Application Software
     • Applications Software for Businesses and Organizations
       • can be used to process routine transactions, provide information to help people make better decisions, and perform a number of specialized functions to handle unique but important tasks
         • eg. call center employees use order entry software to access product information and place orders
     • Application Software for Information, Decision Support, & Specialized Purposes
       • Voice stress software
         • developed to help detect fraud in insurance industry
       • Sophisticated software
         • being used to increase cancer cure rate
   • consists of a number of files, at least one of which is “executable” with an '.exe' extension
     • Executable File: stores computer instructions in binary machine language needed to run the software

2. Software Copyright License

   • Single-user license
     • Permits the user to install the software on one computer, or sometimes two computers, used by one person
   • Multi-user license
     • Specifies the number of users allowed to use the software and can be installed on each user’s computer
   • Co-current user license
     • Designed for network-distributed software; allows any number of users to use the software but only a specific number of users to use it concurrently
   • Site license
     • Permits the software to be used anywhere on a particular site, such as a campus, for everyone on the site.