1. Our Lady of the Rosary College 2006-2007 F.3 Computer Literacy Introduction to Computer Software

2. What is computer software ? Hardware vs Software –Hardware is something you can touch with your hands. –e.g. The Visual Display Unit (VDU) is hardware. –Software is something virtual, i.e. you can ’ t touch it with your hands. –e.g. Flash is software Computer software, consisting of programs that provide instructions that tell the computer hardware what to do.

3. Two types of software System software: –e–e.g. Windows XP, Unix, Linux Application software: – e.g. MS Word, Flash, Photoshop

4. Two types of software (cont ’ ) User 1 User 2 User 3User 4 Hardware System Software (Operating system) Application Software Word processor Image-editing program Database program Spreadsheet

5. Application Suite Multiple applications sold together as a package are sometimes referred to as an application suite. Microsoft Office –Word –Excel –Powerpoint –…–… OpenOffice.org, –Writer –Calc –Impress –…–…

6. We will introduce.. Word Processor Spreadsheet Presentation Database Management Graphics Sound Editing Web Browser Email Client Web-based Software