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32 Cards in this Set
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Application Software
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Performs information processing tasks for end users
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System Software
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Manages and supports operations of computer systems and networks
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Custom Software
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Software applications that are developed within an organization for use by that organization
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COTS Software
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Commercial Off-The-Shelf
Software developed with the intention of selling the software in multiple copies |
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Software Suites
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Integrate software packages
Microsoft Office |
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Integrated Packages
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Combine the functions of several programs into one package
Microsoft Works |
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Personal Information Manager (PIM)
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Software for end user productivity and collaboration
Store information about clients, schedules, manage appointments, manage tasks |
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Groupware
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Software that helps workgroups collaborate on group assignments
E-mail, discussion groups, databases, videoconferencing |
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Application service providers (ASPs)
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Companies that own, operate and maintain application software and computer system resources
Pay-As-You-Go over the Internet |
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System Software
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Software that manages and supports a computer system
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System Management Programs
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Programs that manage hardware, software, network, and data resources
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System Development Programs
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Programs that help users develop information system programs
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Operating System
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Integrated system of programs that manages the operations of the CPU, controls the input/output and storage resources and activities of the computer system, and provides support services as computer executes applications programs
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User Interface
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Part of the operating system that allows you to communicate with it
- Menu-driven - Command-driven - Graphical User Interfaces |
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Virtual Memory
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Swapping parts of programs and data between memory and magnetic disks
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Popular OS's
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Windows
GUI, multitasking, networking, multimedia Unix Multitasking, multiuser, network-managing Linux Low-cost, powerful reliable, open source MAC OS X GUI, multitasking, multimedia |
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Middleware
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Software that helps diverse software applications exchange data and work together more efficiently
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Machine Languages
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First-generation languages, most basic level of programming languages
All program instructions had to be written using binary codes unique to each computer |
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Assembler Languages
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Second-generation languages
Symbols are used to represent operation codes and storage locations Need language translator programs to convert the instructions into machine instructions |
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High-Level Languages
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Third-generation languages
Instructions that use brief statements or arithmetic expressions Machine independent |
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Fourth-Level Languages
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Nonprocedural – users specify results they want while computer determines the sequence of instructions that will accomplish those results
Natural Language – very close to English or other human language |
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Object-Orientated Languages
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Combine data elements and the procedures that will be performed upon them into Objects
Most widely used software development languages today Easy with GUI |
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HTML
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Hypertext Markup Language
A page description language that creates hypertext documents for the Web |
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XML
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eXtensible Markup Language
Describes the contents of Web pages by applying identifying tags or contextual labels to the data in Web documents |
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Java
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Object-oriented programming language that is simple, secure and platform independent
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Web Services
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Software components that are based on a framework of Web and object-orientated standards and technologies for using the Web that electronically link the applications of different users and different computing platforms
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Language Translator Programs
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Translate instructions written in programming languages into machine language
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Assembler
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Translates assembler language statements
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Compiler
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Translates high-level language statements
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Interpreter
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Compiler that translates and executes each statement in a program one at a time
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CASE Tools
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A combination of many programming tools into a single application with a common interface
Used in different stages of the systems development process |
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Programming Tools
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Help programmers identify and minimize errors while they are programming
Debuggers, Program Editors |
