1. Software Applications for end-users
© EIT, Author Gay Robertson, 2016

2. Software Applications for End-users are:
Products
Applications
Programs
that someone operating a computer system uses

3. Browsers …
A browser is an application which allows end-users to ‘browse’ websites and view web pages
How does the browser do this?
by converting HTML (the language web pages are written in) into web pages containing multi media and links
Chrome, Internet Explorer, Safari and FireFox and are the most popular browsers

4. HyperText Markup Language HTML …
Converted

5. Search engines …
An End-user application that allows you to search the internet for information
Google is a global search engine.
The EIT Search is a local search engine (EIT site search only)
Indexes pages to match keywords the user keys into searches
Search engines ‘crawl’ through the web to collect and index pages

6. Web sites…
Applications for end-users which show multi-media (text, graphics, sound and motion) on multiple web pages
Use ‘hyperlinks’ to jump from webpage to webpage
Accessible when you key in a URL (or web address)

7. Email … Application for an end-user that allows you to
Sending and receiving of messages electronically over the Internet -
The most widely used Internet tool
can include attachments
Quick and cheap communication!

8. How does an email get from your computer to someone else?

9. So what are end-user applications?
Applications/programs/products for users
web browser (application or program) allows users to ‘see’ web pages
search engine (application or program) allows users to find something using keywords
web site (application or program) allows users to view web pages containing multi media
(application or program) allows users to communicate over the Internet

10. Dangers of applications for end-users …
Using these apps to access the Internet opens your computer system up to attack

11. Maintain internet security …
Install a security firewall imposes restrictions on incoming and outgoing traffic helps prevent unauthorised activities eg spyware

12. Evidence of firewall working …
Features include logging and reporting, automatic alarms when their might be a an attack.

13. More internet security …
Install Antivirus programs
protects against malware and other malicious software
must be kept up to date and run automatically

14. Web based applications …. Cloud based applications
Security needs to follow data as it moves across different devices

15. Back to the workbook now!!