chapter 4 QUIZ 1 Flashcards
What is Software?
A set of instructions that tell the computer what to do
Two types of Software’s:
Application software
System Software
Preinstalled Software
Installed Software
OS
Software you buy/ Free software
Software as a Service (SaaS)
Web-based applications
SaaS for enterprise: Oracle, Ebay stores, amazon webservices, google apps
SaaS for consumers: my.space.com, facebook, youtube, hi5
Buying Productivity Software
what are the Two types?
Software suite Full Installed on computer
Suite: a collection (Microsoft office: word. excel, access, etc.)
Its called a full install (one time pay and install it in ONE machine)
Proprietary: Microsoft office and Apple iWork
Open source (free): Apache OpenOffice
Productivity software Categories (5)
Word processing (Microsoft Word
Apple iWork)
Spreadsheet (Performs calculations and numerical analyses)
Ex:Microsoft Excel
Apple iWork Numbers
OpenOffice Calc
Presentation (Microsoft Office PowerPoint, Apple iWork Keynote, Prezi)
Database (Store and organize data
Fields > Records>Tables)
Ex: MS Office Access
Oracle Database
Personal Information Manager/PIM (Manage e-mail, contacts, calendars, and tasks)
Ex: MS Outlook
Yahoo!
Google-Gmail
Small Business Software(3)
Accounting software (Intuit QuickBooks)
Desktop PUBLISHING (DTP) software (InShot, Microsoft Publisher, Adobe InDesign)
Web page-Authoring software
Design web pages- Microsoft Expression Web
ONLINE CONTENT MANAGERS- WordPress
WEBSITE BUILDERS- WIX
Project management
Customer relationship management (CRM)
creates scheduling chats to plan and track tasks and to coordinate resources
Stores sales and client information in one central database
Enterprise resource planning (ERP)
E-commerce
Controls many “back office” operations and processing functions such as billing, production and inventory management
facilitates website creation and hosting services, shopping cart setup and credit card-processing services
Vertical market
computer Aided design (CAD)
Addresses the needs of a business in a specific industry or market (real estate, banking, and automotive industries)
creates automated designs, technical drawing and 3D model visualizations for architecture
