WEEK-03

COMPUTER SOFT WARE

On week three we learnt abt software,cetegaries of software and so on.... we studied about Standard Software Packages.We learnt about Application Software at first.Application software is a programmed designed to make users more productive and efficient.And it can also solve problems and perform specific tasks.Application software can be devided in to two.They are Proprietary (application usually developed and owned by a single company) and off the shellf software(existing software programe that is purchased).We also learnt about Software suite(MS Office) ,Integrated application packages(MS Work),Work group application software(Skype and G talk),Graphic and Multimedia(CAD and DTP).Categories of Application Software
                                                             1.Commercial Software(sold for profit)
                                                             2.Shareware(free for a trial period)
                                                             3.Freeware(free of charge)
Other forms of application software

• Packaged software
• Custom software
• Web application

On that week we also learnt about software license,Installing software(full and custom),removing software,File compression(reducing the size of the file eg:Winzip),System restore,system backup,system repair,system bug(defect in a computer bug).