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Packaged Software
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mass produced copyrighted retail software that meets a wide variety of users needs, available in retail stores or on the web
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Custom Software
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performs functions specific to a business or industry
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Web Application
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a Web site that allows users to acess and interact with software from any computer or device connected to the Internet
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Open Source Software
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software provided for use, modification, and redistribution, often free and without copyright restrictions
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Shareware
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Copyrighted software that is distributed at no cost for a trial period
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Freeware
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copyrighted software provided at no cost to the user by an individual company that retains all rights to the software
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Public-domain software
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donated for public use and has no copyright restrictions, can be obtained/distributed at no cost
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System software
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serves as the interface between the user, application software, and the computer's hardware
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Utility software
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to protect a computer from malicious software and unauthorized intrusions, to manage files and disks, compress files, play media files, and to burn disks
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Desktop
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an on-screen work are that has a GUI
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button
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graphical element that you activate to cause an action to occur
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click
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to move the pointer over a button and press and release the mouse
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pointer
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symbol displayed on the screen that moves as you interact with the mouse or other pointing device
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menu
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contains a list of commands form which you can make selections
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command
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instruction that causes a program to perform a specific action
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window
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rectangular area of the screen that displays data and info
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Title bar
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horizontal space that contains a window"s name
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file
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named collection of stored data
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Word Processing software
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allows users to create and manipulate documents containg text and graphics
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edit
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to change the existing content of a document
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formaty
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to change the appearance of a document
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font
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the name assigned to a specific design of characters
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spreadsheet software
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allows users to organize data in rowas and columns and perform calculations on that data
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cell
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intersection of a row and column
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data base
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collection of data organized in a manner that allows access, retrieval, and use of that data
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Presentation Software
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application software that allows users to create visual aids for presentations to communicate ideas, messages, and other info to a group
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Software suite
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a collection of individual programs available for sale as a unit
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PIM
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personal information manager-application software that includes an appointment calendar, address book, notepad, and other features to help organize personal information
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CAD
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Computer Aided design-sophisticated type of application software that assists in creating engineering or architectural designs
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Paint Software
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illustration software-allows users to draw pictures, shapes, and other graphical images with on-screen tools
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Photo editing software
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type of editing software that allows photographers, videographers, engineeers, scientists, and other high volume digital photo users to edit and customize digital photos
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Video/Audio editing software
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allows pros to modify segments of a video clip/ audio clips to produce studio quality soundtracks, and add audio to video clips
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Clip Art
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collection of electronic drawings, photos, and other images
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Woksheet
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rows and columns used to organize data in a spreadsheet
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formula
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expression used to perform calculations on the data in a worksheet and display the resulting value in a cell
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Web Applications
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web site that allows users to access and interact with software from any device connected to the Internet
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WBT
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Web based training-type of CBT that uses Internet technology and consits of apllication software on the web
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CBT
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Computer Based training-type of eduction in which students learn by using and completing exercises with instructional software
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Distance Learning
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delievery of eductation at one location while the learing takes place at another location
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E-learning
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electronic learning-delievery of education via some electronic method, like the Internet, Networks or optical disks
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DTP
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Desktop publiching software-enables pro desingners to create sophisticated documents that contain text, graphics, and colors
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Cloud Computing
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the practce of using a network of remote servers hosted on the Internet to store, manage and process rather than a local server
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