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NAME: SIDDIQ BIN HAMBALI

CLASS: 4 SCIENCE BESTARI

IC NUMBER: 930925-13-5961

TITLE: Current and Future Development of


Open Source Software and Latest Development
in ICT
COMPUTER SYSTEM

LATEST AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF OPEN SOURCE


SOFTWARE AND LATEST DEVELOPMENT IN ICT

1.0 INTRODUCTION
Meaning of open source software

Open source software is a software whose source code is published and made
available to the public, enabling anyone to copy, modify and redistribute the
source code without paying royalties or fees. Open source code evolves through
community cooperation. These communities are composed of individual
programmers as well as very large companies.

Meaning of software

Software is program which consists of a set of instruction that that tells the
computer how to perform specific operation. It is general term to use to describe
a collection of computer programs, procedures and documentations that perform
task on a computer system. Software is often divided into application software
and system software.

Meaning of hardware

Hardware refers to physical piece of computer .This could be a hard drive,


monitor, memory chip or CPU. The key idea is that the item is something you can
touch. Hardware implies permanence and invariability.
2.0 THE LATEST OPEN SOURCE OPERATING SYSTEM (OS)

2.1 Meaning of open source operating system

Open source refers to any program where source is made available for
use. Operating system is the program that after being initially installed into
the computer by a boot program, manages all the other program in the
computer. Therefore, open source operating system mean a set of
operating system that source code is available to manage or modify all the
other program in the computer for user’s activities.

2.2 Example of open source operating system`

i) Linux – the latest Linux is updated on 22 November 2009. It is a freely


distributed UNIX, it is a compatible operating system for PCs and a
number of other processors. It provides a great deal of liberty to those that
interact with Linux technology.
ii) Mac OS X – the latest stable release on 9 November 2009. It is a
multitasking operating system that is the latest version of the Macintosh
operating system.
3.0 THE LATEST OPEN SOURCE APPLICATION SOFTWARE

3.1 Meaning of open source application software

Open source is used by the open source initiative to determine whether or not a
software licence can considered open source. Application software mean all
programs that perform specific tasks for users, which include word processing,
spreadsheet, database, presentation e-Mail and Web browser software. So, open
source application software mean open source initiative to determine the
programs that perform specific tasks for users and the source code is available
for download and anybody can modify it and release subsequent versions of the
same provided version of the source using which they modified.

3.2 Example of open source application software

i) Kword – stable released on 24 November 2009. It is a free word processor


ii) Lyx – stable released on 7 Dicember 2009. It is a document processor
following the self-coined
4.0 THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT IN ICT

4.1 Hardware

Printer (Epson)

The previous model of printer is Epson CX8400 Printer

The latest model of printer is The New Epson Stylus DX7400 series

Feature of the previous model and latest model

Epson CX8400 Printer New Epson Stylus DX7400 series

a) Updated on August 5th 2008 a) Updated on March 2nd 2009

b) Not too suitable for photos, b) Perfect for lab quality photos,
scanning and copying scanning and copying

c) The scanner is painfully slow c) The scanner better qualities and


very fast speed up to 29 cpm

d) They also guarantee superb


d) No guarantee about their print results with their fast print speed
speed up to 32 PPM text

e) Print photos without the needed


for a PC
e) Need PC for print photos

4.2 Software (antivirus)


Differences of two different antivirus

Vipre Antivirus Kaspersky Antivirus

a) Real-time antivirus a) Also has good real-time antivirus


monitoring for all files, web monitoring by default
activity, and email are
automatic with Active
Protection from Vipre
antivirus
b) The interface on Vipre is very
b) The Kaspersky interface is clearly
simple and clean.
labeled in an expandable left-hand
navigation
c) Vipre antivirus installs very c) The install is fast and compact
fast and easily

d) For an antivirus program,


Vipre does a great job with d) Kaspersky's email scanning is

email protection thorough but ran more slowly than

e) The customer support is Vipre

excellent, and the low price e) Kaspersky's sticker-price is just about

makes Vipre very tough to the highest around, and the resource

beat usage is still higher than Vipre

f) Released on 2010

f) Released on 2009
5.0 PERVASIVE COMPUTING

5.1 Meaning of pervasive computing

The technology that is gracefully intergrated in our everyday life. The user
is no longer aware of this embedded technology. Pervasive computing
uses web technology, portable devices, wireless communications and
nomadic or ubiquitous computing systems.

5.2 Example of pervasive computing

i) Touch ‘n Go SmartTags toll grate


ii) 3G technology video phone
6.0 CONCLUSION

Open source software can we determine the meaning to computer software for
which the source code and certain other rights normally reserved for copyright
holders are provided under a software license that meets the open source
definition that is in the public domain. Open source hardware is defined as, ways
to collaborate in hardware development, as well as a model for sustainable
development. Pervasive computing is the result of computer technology
advancing at exponential speeds -- a trend toward all man-made and some
natural products having hardware and software. Pervasive computing goes
beyond the realm of personal computers: it is the idea that almost any device,
from clothing to tools to appliances to cars to homes to the human body to your
coffee mug, can be imbedded with chips to connect the device to an infinite
network of other devices. The goal of pervasive computing, which combines
current network technologies with wireless computing, voice recognition, Internet
capability and artificial intelligence, is to create an environment where the
connectivity of devices is embedded in such a way that the connectivity is
unobtrusive and always available.

Reference

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/software

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/microsoft_windows

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/open_source_software

http://www.answers.com/topic/software_technology

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Definition_open_source_application_software

http://www.pcantivirusreviews.com/comparison/vipre_antivirus_vs_kaspersky_antivirus.html

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