CPS 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Microsoft Outlook, Personal Information Manager, Openoffice.Org
4 Apr 2016
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Chapter 4: application software: programs that let you work and play. The nuts and bolts of software: software: instructions that tell the computer what to do. An instruction set, called a program, provides a means to interact with and use the computer: your computer has two basic types of software. Application software: do tasks at home, school, and work. System software: helps run the computer and coordinate instructions between application software and the computer"s hardware devices. Includes the operating system and utility programs. o: new computers come with software preinstalled, including an operating system and application software, types of installed software include: You buy proprietary software by downloading it from the internet or buying it on. Open source software is free software that is available with few licensing and copyright restrictions: software as a service (saas): the vendor hosts the software online and you access it over the internet without installing it.
