Types of application Software Flashcards

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What are word processors?

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A program for creating, editing, storing and printing documents

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What are some features of word processors?

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  • Mailmerge and merge-print
  • Text formatting tools
  • Headers and footers
  • Find and replace text
  • Page numbering
  • Spell check
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What are spreadsheets?

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Data arranged in a grid containing rows and columns. Each block is called a cell

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What are the features of spreadsheets software?

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  • Data sorting
  • Graphing features
  • Formula features
  • Lookup tables
  • Search and filtering
  • Import/Export values
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What do database management systems allow the user to do?

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They allow the user to create large arrays of information. Databases have records(rows) and fields(columns). Each record also has a field containing information unique to it called the primary key

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What are the features of database management systems?

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  • Tables
  • Relationship between tables
  • Keys/Indexs for lookup
  • Queries
  • Complex forms which feed in data to more than one table
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What does email software allow the user to do?

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They allow users to send electronic mail

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What does an email consist of?

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Header, which contains the receivers email address and Cc and BCc, and body which contains the actual message

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What are the features of email software?

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  • automatic reply
  • auto-forward
  • facility to send copies to other people
  • time stamps
  • attachements
  • notificiation if an email can not be delivered
  • signatures
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What is a web browser?

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A web browser is a software application used to locate, retrieve and also display content on the WWW, including Web pages, images, video and other files. It makes a request to a web server and displays the resulting information sent

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What are the features of web browsers?

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  • Plug-ins
  • Cookie management
  • Running script languages
  • History
  • Bookmarks
  • Generate security certificate clues
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What is CAD software?

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A computer aided design software uses computer systems to assist in the creation, modification, analysis, or optimization of a design

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What are some features of CAD software?

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  • greater accuracy
  • Can be 2D or 3D
  • Images can be viewed from any angle
  • scaling, reflection and rotation features
  • libraries of engineering components which can be imported
  • packages which calculate cost
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What is a graphics processing software?

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In computer graphics, graphics software or image editing
software is a program or collection of programs that enable a
person to manipulate visual images on a computer

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What is a toolbar?

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A toolbar is a GUI widget on which on-screen buttons, icons, menus, or other input or output elements are placed

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What is a menu?

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A menu is a collection of options that the user is able to choose, either by rolling over with the mouse, clicking, or tapping on a touch screen

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What is a GUI?

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The GUI is an interface that displays the computers information in a way that the user can understand and interact with it. The acronym WIMP stands for Windows, Icons, Menus, and Pointing devices