Application Software By Brandon Marcelli

There Are Two Main Features of Software Applications General purpose applications Special purpose applications

What Are General Purpose Applications? Browsers Word Processors Spreadsheets Database Management Systems Presentation Graphics

Browsers Browsers help connect to the websites and display web pages. The Browser interprets the HTML command and displays the document

Word Processor Used to create text-based documents Three Basic Word Processors Features Send & Find Replace Command Word Wrap Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text

Work Book & Worksheets Stores data and information, and can contain one or more worksheets Spreadsheet, programs that manipulate numeric data

Database Organizes a related collection of data so that information can be retrieved easily

Database Management Systems Sets up, or structures, a database, such as an inventory of supplies or a list of employees, provides tools to enter, edit and retrieve data Three most common databases management systems Microsoft Access, Coral Paradox, and Lotus Approach

What is Software Suite? Group of Application programs Describe object linking and embedding Share information or objects between files created in different applications.

What is an integrated package? All in one application program Advantages/Disadvantages Lower Cost It’s simple Less Capabilities of specialized programs

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