Basic and Specialized Application Software

Graphical User Interface (GUI) :-
       The Graphical User Interface or for short GUI, is a user interface based on graphics like icons, pictures and menus, instead of text. It is used by the most updated operating systems. In other words, it is a human-computer interface. It takes advantage of the computer's graphics capacity for easier use of the program.





Word Processor :-
        A word processor, or sometimes abbreviated as WP, is formally known as a document preparation system. It is a purposeful computer or program for accumulating, conducting, and formatting text entered from a keyboard and providing a printout. It is a software used to produce documents like posters, reports and letters.

Spreadsheet :-
        A spreadsheet is a computer program usually used for accounting, in which figures arranged in the rows and columns of a grid can be conducted and used in calculations. It is a screen-oriented interactive that allows a user to put financial data on the screen.

DBMS :-
        DBMS, also known as Database Management System, is a software system that assists the creation and maintenance, and use of an electric database. It is also a software that administers the organization, storage, retrieval, security and integrity of data in the database.







Utility Suites / Software :-
        Utility suites or software are a kind of system software made to help examine, set up, optimize and sustain the computer. They are computer programs normally provided by a computer hardware manufacturer or software vendor and used in running the system. Its methods can be used to examine processing activity and to test programs.

Audio Editing Software :-
        Audio editing software is a computer application for manipulating digital audio - digital audio editors are the main software component of a digital audio workstation - to change length, speed and volume or to create loops.

 

Bitmap Image :-
        Bitmap image is also known as a raster image. It uses thousands of pixels in a grid. Each pixel contains colour information for the image. Bitmap images have fixed resolution which means that its quality decreases in terms of distortion and jagged edges, when the image is enlarged.







Desktop Publishing Program :-
        Desktop Publishing Programs are also known as page layout programs. They allow one to use dissimilar typefaces, designate distinct margins and justifications, and install illustrations and graphs straight into the text. Desktop publishing programs are used to create document like brochures, newsletters and books.

HTML Editor :-
        A HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)  Editor or also called an authoring tool, is a software to create web pages. It embeds a HTML code as one works with a HTML file. Specially designed HTML editors offer convenience and added practicability.









Image Editor :-
        Image editors are programs that allows one to capture, manipulate and edit a certain image. They modify bitmap images like GIFs, JPEGs and BMPs. They can expand, crop, and adjust brightness, contrast and colours of an image.











Multimedia :-
        Multimedia, or also known as "rich media", is the use of computers to produce text, animation, video, sound and graphics in a joined way. It is the information of multiple formats. It is the interactivity of several media types in a single digital object.

Vector Image :-
        A vector image is a type of a graphic file. Unlike bitmap images, vector images use geometric shapes or objects like points, lines, curves, ellipses and polygons, and shapes. Vector images usually contain less data than bitmap images and so it is therefore easier to alter, resize, coloured and manipulated.

The Internet, the Web and Electronic Commerce

URL :-
        URL stands for Uniform ( or Universal ) Resource Locator. It is a string of characters used to represent and identify a page of information on the World Wide Web. It specifies where an identified resource is available and the mechanism of retrieving it. It identifies a particular file on the Internet, usually consisting of the protocol, as http, followed by the domain name.

HTML :-

        HTML stands for Hypertext markup Language, an exchangeable system for tagging text files to achieve font, colour, graphic, and hyperlink effects on the World Wide Web pages. It is a set of tags and rules for using them in expanding hypertext documents. It also provides a means to create structured documents by indicating structural semantics for texts.

Javascript :-

        Javascript is an object-oriented composing language used to enable programmatic access to objects within both the client application and other applications. It has the broadest and general term which comprises all subsets said on the page. The composing language used in web content development is for creating functions that can be entrenched in or contained from HTML documents. It also adds in common features to webpages.

Applets :-
        Applets are very small Internet-based programs written in Java which can be keyed in by any computer. They are any small application that performs one particular task that runs within the amplitude of an ample program, often as a plug-in. They are usually installed in a HTML page on a Web site and can be administrated from within a browser.

Blogs :-
        Blogs is a abbreviation of the term "web log". They are personal websites on which an individual maintains by posting regular entries of commentary, opinions, graphics and videos. They also enable users to reflect and discuss topics in the form of an online journal while readers may comment on them. They can be also defined as constant, progressive publications of personal thoughts and web links.

Wikis :-
        Wikis are websites that allow joint editing of its content and structure by its users. They are usually web applications that run on one or several web servers. In other words, they are a similar online resource which allow users to add and edit its content conjointly.

FTP :-

        FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol. It is something like the Hypertext Transfer Protocol, HTML, and the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, SMTP. It is an application protocol that uses the Internet's TCP / IP protocol. It is a benchmark for the transfer of program files across a network. It exchanges files from one computer or system to another.

Plug-in :-

        A plug-in is a set of software elements that adds particular abilities to a larger software application. It is able to be added to a system for extra features. It is a program that can easily be installed and used as part of the web browser.

Filter :-

        A filter is a piece of software that converts text like to remove spaces that are not wanted or to format it for use in another application. It is normally found on the broadband router firmware. A filter allows you to set up a list of allowed websites that can be used by several users, and any website not listed will not be displayed.

Internet Security Suites :-
        The Internet security suites is a suite of utilities - utilities like the antivirus, personal firewall, and the spam and popup blocker - for maintaining the security of a computer software or a website.

Careers In Information And Technology

Webmaster :-

         Webmaster or webmistresses for females are people who manages a website or are responsible for the administration of a website. They make sure that the web server's hardware and software are running properly. They also are responsible for creating,managing and maintaining the web site. They have specialized knowledge and skills to maintain the integrity of its content and its hyperlinks and as often as it requires,they updates the information and lastly, they attend to the problems and questions of the site's users.

                          

Computer Support Specialist :-

         Computer support specialists or also known as technical support specialists provides assistance to people who are having problems with software,computers and peripherals. Some of them provide support to people in the information processing department of a company or evaluate computer systems to see if they need to be expanded or upgraded. Moreover,they maintain records of daily data communication transactions,problems and remedial actions taken, or installation activities.Computer support specialists require a great deal of analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities.

                    

                                     

Technical Writer :-

        Technical writers, also called as technical communicators are professional writers who designs, writes, creates, maintains and updates technical documentation including online help, user guides, white papers, design specifications, system manuals and other documents. They require skills in information designing, information architecture, training material development, illustration and typography. The goal of a technical writer is to enable his or her readers to use the technology and understand a process or concept by writing straightforward explanations and/or instructions.

Software Engineer :-

         Software engineers are people who applies the principles of software engineering to designing, writing, developing and the evaluation of the software and systems that make computers or anything containing software work. Also, they implement and modify software so that it is of higher quality and it is more affordable and maintainable.

Network Administrator :-

          Network administrators manages a communication network within an organisation. They are responsible for the maintenance of computer hardware and software that consist of a computer network. That includes utilizing, configuring, maintaining and monitoring active network equipment. They have control over how the other users access and use the network resources.

Database Administrator :-

          Database administrators are responsible for the logical and physical design of databases, and normally for all aspects of their recoverability, integrity, security, availability and performance. They supervise database development, testing and maintenance too, which includes monitoring and improving database performance and capacity, and planning for future expansion requirements.

System Analyst :-

        System analysts are people who selects and configures computer systems for an organization or business. They research problems, plan solutions, recommends software and systems, and coordinates development to meet business or other requirements. They are also responsible for developing the cost analyst, design considerations, and implementation time-lines. They also modify systems by turning user requirements into a set of functional specifications which are the blueprint of the system.

Programmer :-

        Programmers are people who writes or debugs computer programs. Some of them also prepares schedules for radios and television. Moreover, they design and test computer softwares.