CP102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: List Of Utility Software, Peripheral, Spreadsheet
Document Summary
Application software: designed to help people accomplish real-world tasks. Vertical market software: designed to automate specialized tasks in a specific market or business. Horizontal market software: generic software that just about any kind of business can use. Desktop publishing software: allows you to create a page using multiple frames. Utility software: designed to help you monitor and configure settings for its operating system. Device drivers: software that helps a peripheral device establish communication with a computer. Spreadsheet: uses rows and columns of numbers to create a representation of a real solution. Copyright: form of legal protection that grants the author of an original work exclusive rights. Product activation is a means of protecting software from illegal copying by requiring users to enter a product key or activation code before the software can be used. Security software: designed to protect computers from various forms of destructive software and unauthorized intrusions.
