2.1.6 Applications

Question 1

Word Processor

Answer 1

(not Word) a program for storing, manipulating, and formatting text entered from a keyboard and providing an output.

Question 2

Spreadsheets

Answer 2

(not Excel) a program in which data is arranged in the rows and columns of a grid and can be manipulated and use in calculations.

Question 3

Database Management Systems

Answer 3

A software for creating and managing databases. Provides a systematic way to create, retrieve, update and manage data.

Question 4

Email Clients

Answer 4

(not webmail like gmail) a program used to access and manage user email.

Question 5

Web Browsers

Answer 5

A software application for retrieving, presenting, and traversing information and resources on the WWW.

Question 6

Computer Aided Design (CAD)

Answer 6

Programs that use computer systems to assist in the creation, modification, analysis or optimisation of a design.

Question 7

Graphic Processing software

Answer 7

Image editing software, enabling user to manipulate visual images on a computer.

Question 8

Feature of Applications

Answer 8

Certain parts of the interface are provided by libraries in the OS, and other parts provided by the application.

Question 9

Examples of Application of Features

Answer 9

• Toolbars
• Menus
• Dialogue Boxes
• GUI Components