NatashaTannaSoftwareVocabulary

Microsoft Windows. Linux. Macintosh OS X. || Database Management Systems || A database contains information about groups of things, such as people. The information is broken down into categories. For example, a table of books might have categories like title, author,ect. A database management system helps you search all the tables in a database to locate specific data, summarize this data, or find trends. Access. Oracle. Sybase. 4th Dimension. || Software Piracy || Is copying and using commercial software, illegally, purchased by someone else". Each pirated piece of software takes away from company profits, reducing funds for further software development. || Excel. Lotus 1-2-3. VisiCalc. || Web browsers || You need a Web browser to visit Web pages like the Amazon.com bookstore or the CBC.ca news site. Web browsers store the addresses of your favourite pages so you can visit them again. Internet Explorer. Netscape. Mozilla Firefox. Opera. Safari. || Groupware || Is a software designed to be used by people work together collectively while located remotely from each other. It can keep track of a document’s history as it’s passed among group members. || Word. Corel WordPerfect. AbiWord. || Patch || A patch is a piece of software designed to fix problems with, or update a computer program or its supporting data. This includes fixing security vulnerabilities and other bugs, and improving the usability of performance. || Speech Recognition Software || looks for patterns in the sound waves and interprets sounds by locating familiar patterns, segmenting input sound patterns into words, separating commands from the texts and passing those commands to the word processing software. || PowerPoint. ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
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 * Operating System || Lets you install software, organize your files, and tells your hardware what to do. The operating system keeps all your software and hardware (such as your mouse or printer) working together.
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 * Spreadsheets || Spreadsheets have rows and columns, like an accountant’s ledger. Calculations such as totals or averages can be done automatically.
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 * Word processors || Lets you fix mistakes in your writing or rearrange text. You can check your spelling or count how many words you have entered. You can decorate your text by making it bold, changing its size, or using a different font.
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 * Presentation Software || Presentations feature short notes, pictures, and charts for an audience to see. You can add sounds or animation to make presentations more interesting.
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