MIS 304 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Application Software, Macos, Spreadsheet

• School: UT-Austin
• Department: Management Information Systems
• Course: MIS 304
• Professor: khoo

Document Summary

Program (software): a set of instructions that a computer follows to perform a task. The programs that control and manage the basic operations of a. Controls internal operations of the computer"s hardware. Allows data to be saved to and retrieved from storage devices. Allows other programs to run on the computer. Operating systems for laptops and desktop computers. Performs a specialized task that enhances the computer"s operation or safeguards data. Programs that programmers use to create, modify, and test software. Programs that make a computer useful for everyday tasks. All data stored in a computer is converted to sequences of 0s and 1s. Tiny storage locations where a computer"s memory is divided into. Bits: tiny electrical components that can either hold a positive or negative charge. When a piece of data is stored in a byte, the computer sets the 8 bits into an on/off pattern that represents the data.