APPLICATION SOFTWARE : APPLICATION SOFTWARE Nehal Patel Slide 2: Types of Software Application Software: : Application Software: Application Software includes programs that do real work for user.
Payroll systems, Inventory Control, Manage student database, Word Processor, Spreadsheet and Database Management System etc., Application software: helps users solve particular problems
In most cases, application software resides on the computer’s hard disk
Application software can also be stored on CDs, DVDs, and flash or keychain storage devices General Purpose Application Programs : General Purpose Application Programs Software Suites
Personal Information Manager
Groupware Software Suites : Software Suites Separate applications bundled and sold together
Ability to share data between applications
Object Linking and Embedding (OLE)
Microsoft Office Web Browsers : Web Browsers A web browser is a software application for retrieving, presenting, and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web. Different browsers have a uniqueness built in because of the very features that they provide and very functions that they support. Modern browsers and web pages tend to utilize many features and techniques that did not exist in the early days of the web. Connect to the Web
Open and transfer files
Display text and images The Electronic Mail : The Electronic Mail Electronic mail (e-mail) Designed as a extension of traditional office memo
The email software transmits a copy of the message to each recipient
Electronic mail systems are automated to permit more complex interactions Every user must be assigned an electronic mailbox. The mailbox consists
of a passive storage area. Each electronic mail box has a unique address,
divided into two parts
The first identifies a user mailbox
Second identifies a computer on which the mailbox resides
Sender uses the second part to select a destination. Recipient’s computer
uses the first part to select a particular mailbox Slide 9: Word Processors:
Word processing is a tool that helps user in creating, editing, and printing documents. Word processors will normally have the following capabilities built into them:
Standard layouts for normal documents
Have some characters appear in bold print, italics, or underlined
Save the document so it can be used again
print the document.
Examples: WordPerfect and Microsoft Word Spreadsheet : Used to organize and analyze information
Made up of columns and rows
Columns and rows intersect to form cells
Column letter plus row number makes cell address Spreadsheet A spreadsheet is a computer application that simulates a paper, accounting worksheet.
It displays multiple cells that together make up a grid consisting of rows and columns, each cell containing alphanumeric text, numeric values or formulas. Slide 11: Database Management System (DBMS):
A DBMS is a software tool that allows multiple users to store, access, and process data into useful information.
Database programs are designed for these types of applications:
All of these have to be maintained so you can find what you need quickly and accurately.
Example: Microsoft Access, Oracle. Slide 12: Graphic Presentations:
The presentation programs can make giving presentations and using overheads
easier. Other uses include:
Repeating Computer Presentations on a computer monitor
Using Sound and animation in slide shows
The most recognized graphic presentation programs are Microsoft PowerPoint
and Harvard Graphics. Personal Information Management : Personal Information Management Definition :
Personal information management (PIM) refers to both the practice and the study of the activities people perform in order to acquire, organize, maintain, retrieve and use information items such as documents (paper-based and digital), web pages and email messages for everyday use to complete tasks and fulfill a person’s various roles. Groupware : Groupware What is groupware?
software for group use
hard to differentiate from intranets (anymore)
tends to integrate social & emotional aspects
When/why is it used?
news, notification, broadcast
work groups, physical networks
special interests, communities of practice Computer- based systems that support groups of people engaged in a common task (or goal) and that provide an interface to a shared environment. Summary : Summary Application software includes a variety of programs that can be segregated into general-purpose and application-specific categories. General application programs perform common information processing job for end users. Examples are Word processing, Electronic mail, Spread sheet, presentation graphic programs, Web Browsers, Groupware. Slide 16: Thank you