Computers Are Your Future Eleventh Edition * 07/16/96 Computers Are Your Future Eleventh Edition Chapter 5: Application Software: Tools for Productivity Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall *

Application Software: Tools for Productivity * 07/16/96 Application Software: Tools for Productivity Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall *

General-Purpose Applications * 07/16/96 General-Purpose Applications Application software is any program that gives the user the ability to complete work on the computer. General-purpose applications, such as word-processing or spreadsheet programs, enable users to complete common tasks. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall *

General-Purpose Applications * 07/16/96 General-Purpose Applications Types of general-purpose application software Personal productivity programs Multimedia and graphics software Applications that work through and run from the Internet Home and education programs Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall *

General-Purpose Applications * 07/16/96 General-Purpose Applications Personal productivity programs Make it easier to do work Examples Word-processing software Spreadsheet or database software Presentation software This is Figure 5.2. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall *

General-Purpose Applications * 07/16/96 General-Purpose Applications Multimedia and graphics software includes the use of two or more media, such as graphics plus video or audio. This is Figure 5.4. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall *

General-Purpose Applications * 07/16/96 General-Purpose Applications Multimedia and graphics software programs Professional desktop publishing Multimedia authoring Paint, drawing, and animation Image editing 3D rendering Audio Video editing Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall *

General-Purpose Applications * 07/16/96 General-Purpose Applications Animation programs give the user the ability to create animation from images and run the animation. This is Figure 5.12. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall *

General-Purpose Applications * 07/16/96 General-Purpose Applications Audio software is used to capture and process sound used in multimedia presentations. This is Figure 5.14. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall *

General-Purpose Applications * 07/16/96 General-Purpose Applications Standard sound file formats MP3 Windows Media Audio (WMA) WAV Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall *

General-Purpose Applications * 07/16/96 General-Purpose Applications Video editors enable the user to: Modify digitized videos. Save those videos in at least one of the following video file formats: Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) Video for Windows Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall *

General-Purpose Applications * 07/16/96 General-Purpose Applications Multimedia authoring systems Used to create multimedia presentations Require a large amount of disk space and memory to run properly This is Figure 5.15. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall *

General-Purpose Applications * 07/16/96 General-Purpose Applications Applications that work through the Internet Examples E-mail Instant messaging software Web browsers Video conferencing programs Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall *

General-Purpose Applications * 07/16/96 General-Purpose Applications Web-hosted technology Share files and collaborate. Windows Office Live Google Docs Undesirable Internet software Spyware monitors your activity. Adware targets products to your interests. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall *

General-Purpose Applications * 07/16/96 General-Purpose Applications Home and educational programs Computerized reference software Personal finance software Computer games Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall *

Tailor-Made Applications * 07/16/96 Tailor-Made Applications Software designed for specific businesses or users are known as tailor-made applications. Tailor-made applications normally cost more than general-purpose applications because of their development costs. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall *

Tailor-Made Applications * 07/16/96 Tailor-Made Applications Custom software, developed for a user’s specific needs, may be necessary when an application is not available. Packaged software is developed for the mass market. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall *

Standalone Programs, Integrated Programs, & Software Suites * 07/16/96 Standalone Programs, Integrated Programs, & Software Suites A fully self-contained program is called a standalone program. Advantages Purchased and installed separately Function by themselves Disadvantages Take a lot of storage space Do not share resources Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall *

Standalone Programs, Integrated Programs, & Software Suites * 07/16/96 Standalone Programs, Integrated Programs, & Software Suites Integrated programs provide leading productivity programs in one package. Easy to learn and share the same interface Example: Microsoft Works Have fewer features than standalone programs and software suites Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall *

System Requirements & Software Versions * 07/16/96 System Requirements & Software Versions System requirements outline the minimal level of resources that a program requires. Releases of programs are cited by a year or version number. In a version number, a decimal number indicates a maintenance release. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall *

System Requirements & Software Versions * 07/16/96 System Requirements & Software Versions Software is kept current through software upgrading. Small fixes to software are called patches. Large or major fixes to software are called service packs or service releases. Software can be distributed through the Internet and purchased in stores. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall *

Software Licenses & Registration * 07/16/96 Software Licenses & Registration A contract included with purchased software that permits the user to install the program on one computer is known as a software license. A contract that gives organizations the right to install copies of programs on a precise number of computers is known as a site license. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall *

Installing & Managing Application Software * 07/16/96 Installing & Managing Application Software Installing software on a computer involves moving the software to the hard disk and properly configuring the software. Uninstalling software takes the program off the hard disk. Launching software moves it from the hard disk to memory. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall *

Computers Are Your Future Eleventh Edition * 07/16/96 Computers Are Your Future Eleventh Edition Chapter 6: The Internet and the World Wide Web Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall *

* 07/16/96 How the Internet Works The Internet is a universal system of computers and networks. Cyberspace, a term used to refer to the Internet, is the unlimited span of networks using the same data exchange methods. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall *

The Internet and the Web: What’s the Difference? * 07/16/96 The Internet and the Web: What’s the Difference? The World Wide Web, also known as the Web or WWW: Contains billions of documents Is a portion of the Internet Uses the Internet as a means to transport information Is a separate entity from the Internet Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall *

The Internet and the Web: What’s the Difference? * 07/16/96 The Internet and the Web: What’s the Difference? The Web contains the information. The Internet transports information to and from users. This is Figure 6.7. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall *

The Internet and the Web: What’s the Difference? * 07/16/96 The Internet and the Web: What’s the Difference? A Web page is a document that may include text, graphics, sound, animation, and video. A Web site is a collection of Web pages. A Web browser is a program that displays Web pages and linked items. Click to add notes Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall *

The Internet and the Web: What’s the Difference? * 07/16/96 The Internet and the Web: What’s the Difference? Hyperlinks or links are words and images that bring other documents into view when clicked. Hypertext uses links to move to additional related information. Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) uses tags to specify how a Web page should display. Click to add notes Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall *

The Internet and the Web: What’s the Difference? * 07/16/96 The Internet and the Web: What’s the Difference? The most popular Web browsers Mozilla Firefox Google Chrome Internet Explorer Opera Safari Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall *

The Internet and the Web: What’s the Difference? * 07/16/96 The Internet and the Web: What’s the Difference? Web sites and their associated information are stored on computers called Web servers. Web servers are used to recognize information requests, process the requests, and send the requested documents. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall *

The Internet and the Web: What’s the Difference? * 07/16/96 The Internet and the Web: What’s the Difference? Every device connected to the Internet, including PCs and servers, is given a unique network identifier called an Internet Protocol (IP) address. The identification of an Internet resource’s type and location is performed through its Uniform Resource Locator (URL). Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall *

The Internet and the Web: What’s the Difference? * 07/16/96 The Internet and the Web: What’s the Difference? The complete URL is made up of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), domain name, path, and resource name. This is Figure 6.13. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall *

The Internet and the Web: What’s the Difference? * 07/16/96 The Internet and the Web: What’s the Difference? Ways to access a Web page Type a URL into the address bar. Click a tab in the browser window. Click a hyperlink. The history list compiles a list of the Web pages that the user has visited. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall *

The Internet and the Web: What’s the Difference? * 07/16/96 The Internet and the Web: What’s the Difference? This is Figure 6.16. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall *

The Internet and the Web: What’s the Difference? * 07/16/96 The Internet and the Web: What’s the Difference? Downloading is the process of transferring a file or document from one computer to the user’s computer. Uploading is the process of transferring a file or document from the user’s computer to another computer. Click to add notes Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall *

Finding Information on the Web * 07/16/96 Finding Information on the Web A subject guide, where Web pages are grouped under specific headings, is offered by some search sites. This is Figure 6.18. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall *

Finding Information on the Web * 07/16/96 Finding Information on the Web Search engines index databases of Web pages to enable fast information searches. This is Figure 6.19. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall *

Finding Information on the Web * 07/16/96 Finding Information on the Web Specialized search engines index information such as job advertisements, and names and addresses. Some Web site home pages include portals, which provide organized subject guide links to topics such as the news, local weather, and e-mail. Click to add notes Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall *

Finding Information on the Web * 07/16/96 Finding Information on the Web Example of a portal This is Figure 6.21. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall *

Finding Information on the Web * 07/16/96 Finding Information on the Web Search operators are used to perform complex searches. Inclusion operators, generally a plus sign (+), are used so that only Web pages including those criteria are retrieved. Exclusion operators, generally a minus sign (-), are used so that only Web pages excluding those criteria are retrieved. Click to add notes Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall *

Finding Information on the Web * 07/16/96 Finding Information on the Web Wildcard symbols, such as ? and *, replace the zero or additional characters in search words to improve search accuracy. In phrase searching, the user places quotation marks around a phrase to create a complete unit for search purposes. As a result, search engines retrieve only those sites that contain the exact phrase. Click to add notes Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall *

Exploring Internet Services * 07/16/96 Exploring Internet Services Electronic mail (e-mail) is a type of application software that makes sending and receiving messages through computer networks possible. An e-mail attachment is a computer file included with an e-mail message. Click to add notes Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall *

Exploring Internet Services * 07/16/96 Exploring Internet Services An e-mail address, a unique cyberspace address for each individual, consists of a user name, the name of the hosting e-mail service, and the top-level domain. Unsolicited e-mails received by users, usually from advertisers, are called spam. Do not open spam. Click to add notes Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall *

Exploring Internet Services * 07/16/96 Exploring Internet Services File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a method used to transfer files over the Internet. Use when files are too large to attach to e-mails. Avoid sending sensitive material to an anonymous FTP site. Use to upload Web pages. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall *

* 07/16/96 E-Commerce E-commerce is the conducting of business through the use of networks or the Internet. Business-to-Business (B2B) E-Commerce refers to a business providing supplies to other businesses via the Internet. Click to add notes Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall *

* 07/16/96 E-Commerce Consumer-to-Consumer (C2C) E-Commerce refers to the exchange of business between individuals. eBay is a good example. Business-to-Consumer (B2C) E-Commerce refers to shopping online rather than at a physical store. Click to add notes Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall *

E-Commerce Online Shopping Shop for good deals. * 07/16/96 E-Commerce Online Shopping Shop for good deals. Use shopping portals such as PriceGrabber.com to compare prices and products. Look for coupons and rebates. Click to add notes Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall *

E-Commerce This is Figure 6.33. * 07/16/96 E-Commerce This is Figure 6.33. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall *

E-Commerce Other Growth Areas Travel reservations Banking * 07/16/96 E-Commerce Other Growth Areas Travel reservations Banking Click to add notes Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall *