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Application Software

Pertemuan III

Magister Teknik Elektro

September 2008

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• Application software• Software that has been developed to solve a particular

problem, to perform useful work on specific tasks, or to provide entertainment

– Commercial software• Proprietary software, packaged software • Copyrighted. If you don’t pay for it, you can be prosecuted

– Public-domain software• Not copyrighted. You can copy it for free• Often available through sites on the Internet

– Shareware• Copyrighted software that is distributed free of charge but

requires users to make a monetary contribution to continue using it

• Primarily distributes through the Internet

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– Freeware• Copyrighted software that is distributed free of

charge, most often over the Internet• E.g. Linux

• Custom software• It is created by software engineers/programmers• Companies need software written specifically for

them, to meet unique needs

• Software• Tutorial• Documentations

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Type of applications software• Entertainment software

• Games, etc.

• Personal software• Cookbooks, Medical, Home decoration• Gardening, Home repair, Tax preparation, etc

• Education/reference software• Encyclopedias, Phone books• Almanacs, Library searches, etc.

• Productivity software• Word processing, Spreadsheets, Database managers• Personal information management• Web browser, email, etc.

• Specialty software• Presentation graphics, financial, desktop publishing• Drawing & painting (image editing), project management• Computer aided design, web page design• Video/audio editing, etc.

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• The first thing you look at when you call up any application software on the screen is the user interface

• The user-controllable display screen that allows you to communicate, or interact, with the computer

• GUI: graphical user interface

• Word processing program• MS Word, Corel wordperfect, staroffice

• Spreadsheets• MS Excel, corel quattro pro, lotus 1-2-3

• Database• DBMS (database management system)• A collection of interrelated files in computer systems• Database software: a program that sets up and controls the

structure of a database and access to the data• MS Access, Corel Paradox, Lotus, Oracle