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Two Types of software:
• Applications Software: software that can perform useful work on general-purpose tasks.
• Systems software: enables the applications software to interact with the computer and helps the computer manage its internal resources.
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• Custom-Written software: software designed for a particular customer.
• Packaged software: or a software package, is an “off-the-shelf” program available on disk for use by the general public.
Another Classification
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軟體的版本
• Version: 軟體在功能上有重大的更新與改進 , 如 MS-DOS 6.0, Word 7.0,Windows 95,PC-cillin 97
• Release: 軟體在部份功能上有修改 ,如MS-DOS 6.22
• Beta: 提供給一般使用者試用的版本 , 常被稱為搶鮮版 , 如Front Page 98 Beta2
• Patch: 通常是一個執行檔 , 用來覆蓋舊版本的某些檔案• Service Pack: 微軟耍的伎倆 , 用於不停更新的 Windows 95,如Windows 95 Service Pack 1,Windows 95 OSR2
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• 向上相容性 (Upward Compatibility, Forward Compatibility): 舊板軟體儲存的檔案可在新版上執行
• 向下相容性 (Downward Compatibility, Backward Compatibility): 新版儲存的檔案可在舊板軟體上執行
軟體的相容性
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Copyright, Piracy, Plagiarism, & Ownership of Images & Sound
• A copyright is the exclusive legal right that prohibits copying of intellectual property without the permission of the copyright holder.
• Software and network piracy: Software piracy is the unauthorized copying of copyrighted software. Network piracy is using electronic networks for the unauthorized distribution of copyrighted materials in digitized form.
• Plagiarism: Plagiarism is the expropriation of another writer’s text, findings, or interpretations and presenting it as one’s own.
• Ownership of images and sounds
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Public Domain Software, Freeware, & Shareware
• Public domain software: software that is not protected by copyright and thus may be duplicated by anyone at will.
• Freeware: software that is available of charge.
• Shareware: copyrighted software that is distributed free of charge but requires users to make a contribution in order to receive technical help, documentation, or upgrades.
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Proprietary Software & Types of Licenses
• Proprietary: software whose rights are owned by an individual or business.
Two types of licenses:-- Shrink-wrap licenses are printed licenses inserted into software
packages and visible through the clear plastic wrap.-- A site license permits a customer to make multiple copies of a
software product for use just within a given facility.
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應用軟體
娛樂 &教育參考
桌面應用
&商業專業用途
Video CD
仙劍奇俠傳
魔法門
古墓奇兵
三國誌
光碟英漢字典
幼兒教學光碟
電話簿
生活百科
文書處理
試算表
資料庫
製作簡報軟體
通訊軟體
瀏覽器
個人理財
專案管理
排版系統
電腦輔助繪(CAD)圖設計
影像處理
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Features of the Keyboard
• Special-purpose keys: used to enter, delete, and edit data and to execute commands.
• Function Keys: labeled F1, F2, and so on, are positioned along the top or left side of the keyboard. They are used for commands specific to the software being used.
• Macros: A macro is a single keystroke or command-or a series of keystrokes or commands-used to automatically issue a longer, predetermined series of keystrokes or commands.
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The User Interface: GUIs, Menus, Help Screens, Windows, Icons, & Dialog Boxes
The user interface is the part of the software that displays information and presents on the screen the various commands by which you communicate with it.With a graphical user interface, or GUI, you may use graphics (images) and menus as well as keystrokes to choose commands, start programs, and see lists of files and other options.
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Icon( 圖示 )
Dialog box( 對話盒 )
Tool bar ( 工具列 )
Button( 按鈕 )
Images cannot be trusted!
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Tutorials & Documentation
• Tutorials: an instruction book or program that takes you through a prescribed series of steps to help you learn how to use the product.
• Documentation: a user manual (book) or reference manual that is a narrative and graphical description of a program.
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Word Processing• The Different Kinds of Word Processors• Formatting Documents• Creating Documents• Editing Documents• Printing Documents• Saving Documents
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Formatting Documents
• Type• Spacing and columns• Margins and justification• Pages, headers, footers• Other formatting
Default settings are the settings automatically used by a program unless the user specifies otherwise, thereby overriding them.
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Creating Documents
• Cursor: the movable symbol on the display screen that shows you where you may enter data or commands next.
• Scrolling: the activity of moving quickly upward or downward through the text or other screen display.
• Word wrap: automatically continues text on the next line when you reach the right margin.
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Editing Documents
• Insert and delete• Search and replace• Block and move• Spelling checker, Grammar checker, Thesaurus
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Printing Documents
Most word processing software gives you several options for printing. For example, you can print several copies of a document. You can print individual pages or a range of pages. You can even preview a document before printing it out.
Saving Document
Saving means to store, or preserve, the electronic files of a document permanently on diskette, hard disk, or magnetic tape.Saving is a feature of nearly all applications software, but anyone accustomed to writing with a typewriter will find this activity especially valuable.
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Analytical graphics, or business graphics, are graphical forms that make numeric data easier to analyze.
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Database software• A data base is a collection of interrelated files in a computer
system.• Database software is a program that controls the structure of a
database and access to the data.
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DATA HIERARCHYDATA HIERARCHY
• Character : a single letter , number , or special character such as @.• Field : a unit of data consisting of one or more characters.
• Record : is a collection of related fields.
• File : a collection of related records.
• Database : a collection of interrelated files.
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Presentation Graphics Software
Presentation graphics software allows people to create graphical representations of data to present to other people.
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Data Communications Software
• Online connections• Use of financial services• Automatic dialing services• Remote access connections
Data communication software manages the transmission of data between computers
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Electronic Mail Software
Many organizations have “electronic mailboxes.” If you were a sales representative, for example, such a mailbox would allow you to transmit a report you created on your word processor to a sales manager in another area. Or you could route the same message to a number of users on a distribution list.
Electric mail (e-mail) software enables users to send letters and documents from one computer to another.
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Desktop Accessories & Personal Information Managers
• Desktop accessories is a software package that provides an electronic version of tools or objects commonly found on a desktop, such as calendar, clock, card file, calculator, and notepad.
• Personal information managers (PIM) is a combination word processor, database, and desktop accessory program that organizes a variety of information.
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Integrated Software & Suites
Integrated Software:
Integrated software packages combine the features of several applications program--such as word processing, spreadsheet, database, graphics, and communications---into one software package.
Software Suites:
Software suites,or simply suites,are applications--like spreadsheets, word processing, graphics, communication, and groupware---that are bundled together and sold for a fraction of what the programs would cost if bought individually.
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Groupware Groupware is software used on a network that serves a group of
users working together on the same project.
• Basic groupware• Workflow software• Meeting software• Scheduling software
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Internet web Browsers
Web browsers are software programs that allow people to view information at Web sites in the form of colorful, on-screen magazine-style “pages” with text, graphics, and sound.
The World Wide Web: or simply Web, WWW, W3, consists of hundreds of thousands of intricately interlinked sites called “home pages” set up for on-screen viewing in the form of multimedia style.
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Search Tools on the Web: Directory & Indexes
• Directories ( 分類式 ): Web directory are search tools classified by topic.• Indexes ( 索引式 ): Web indexes allow you to find specific documents
through keyword searches.
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Specialized Software
• Desktop-publishing programs• Computer-aided design (CAD), Computer Aided
Manufacturing (CAM)• Personal finance programs• Painting and drawing programs• Project management programs• Hypertext
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Desktop publishing
• Desktop publishing, abbreviated DTP, involves using a microcomputer and mouse, scanner, laser printer, and DTP software for mixing text and graphics to produce high-quality printed output.
• WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get)• A page description language is software used to describe to the
printer the shape and position of letters and graphics.
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Non-WYSIWYG Word processor
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Personal Finance Programs
• Tracking of income and expenses• Checkbook management• Reporting• Income tax• Other
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Project Management SoftwareProject management software is a program used to plan, schedule, and control the people, costs, and resources required to complete a project on time.
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Drawing & Painting Programs
• Drawing programs are graphics software that allows users to design and illustrate objects and products.
• Painting programs are graphics programs that allow users to simulate painting on screen.