What Happens When Your PC Is Powered On?: With A Simple Push of A Button, Your Computer Comes To Life
What Happens When Your PC Is Powered On?: With A Simple Push of A Button, Your Computer Comes To Life
Whatever you want to do with your computer, software is the key to doing it.
Computer Software
• What is system software?
Programs (set of instructions) also called as logic circuitry,
controls the operations of the computer and its devices.
Computer Software are programs that tell the computer what
to do
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Computer Software
• What is application software?
Programs that perform specific tasks for users
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Popular software applications
bundled together as a single unit
Word
Spreadsheet
Processing
Presentation
Database
Graphics
Computer Software
• Who is a programmer?
Someone who develops
application or system software
Step 3.
The program executes
OPERATING SYSTEMS
• MS-DOS
• Windows
• MAC
• Linux
Software Suites
Software suites are full- featured • Word processor
versions of several different • Database program
programs packaged together. • Spreadsheet
• Presentation software
• Information management
• Windows Calculator
• (Your basic calculator,
also available is a
scientific calculator)
APPLICATIONS
• WordPerfect Adobe Acrobat
• Photoshop Skype
• QuickBooks Notepad
• CorelDraw WinZip
• Camera Media Player
• Photo Paint
• Ad Infinitum
DATA
- facts, figures, information
• Letters written using a word processor like MS
WORD.
• Spread sheets designed in EXCEL.
• Presentations created in Power Point
• Music on a CD.
• Photos from your digital camera
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