Objective:
Students will be able to identify and describe system software and application software, discuss the operating system and its principal functions, the characteristics of device drivers and utility programs, common features of the graphical software environment and how they relate to the keyboard and the mouse. Students will also be able to identify and describe common desktop, network, and portable (embedded) operating systems.
Students will also be able to describe the seven ways of obtaining application software and the tools to help learn it, as well as data files, program files, filename extensions, the purposes served by export/import, and data compression. Students will be able to identify and discuss several kinds of application software: word processing, spreadsheet, database, office suites, integrated packages, and specialty application software.
Topics Discussed:
- Software
- System Software
- Application Software
- Operating Systems
- Device Drivers
- Utility Programs
- GUI
- Desktop OS
- Network OS
- Embedded OS
- Files
- Import/Export
- Data Compression
- Word Processing
- Spreadsheet
- Database
- Office Suite
- Integrated Packages
- Specialty Applications
Assignment:
- Click the https://connect.mheducation.com/ link to connect to the online testing website. Log in with your credentials that we set up in the second week of class.
- Navigate to the “Test Your Might – Chap. 3 Quiz”.
- The quiz is 100 questions, all multiple choice, and includes questions from Chapters 1, 2 and 3.
- Please put away all notes, study guides and other materials before starting the quiz.
- Please close all other documents and webpages and do not open any new tabs or windows until after you have submitted the quiz.
- Please remain silent until everyone has completed the quiz.
- Submit your test answers before the end of the class period today.
- When you have completed your quiz, you may begin reading Chapter 4 in the online textbook.
Due Date: October 27th, 2017