Speed Cost Compatibility with existing H/W and other S/W Ability to import other files Quality of documentation Ease of learning and ease of use Error handling Technical support Update policy Online help or tutorials

Evaluating factors for Software packages

Internet & Electronic MailThe Internet: It is the networks of networkUses:- government, academic institutions and businessesSupport: Email, to access data from vast databases on thousands of subjectsWeb: The web, World Wide Web (WWW) is collection of internet pages.Pages:- text, graphics, sound, videoURL (Uniform Resource Locator): Unique address for web pageExample:- http://www.ksu.edu.sahttp- hypertext transfer protocol > transports the user to the desired sitewww.ksu.edu.sa> address or domain name is the address of the Internet Service provider.

Internet & Electronic MailTop Level domain>- .com –For Commercial purpose.edu - For education.gov – for government.org – for nonprofit organizationsa- country code Saudi arabiaJp- JapanIn – IndiaWeb Site:- Individual location on the Worlwide webHome page – Main page of the siteWeb browser: the software used to access the internetEx. Internet Explorer, Netscape,Search engine:- S/w that enables a user to search a words or pharases on the web.Ex. Google,yahoo