Monday, December 20, 2010

Basic Application Software



GUI, the abbreviation for Graphical User Interface, is an interface program that utilizes the computer's graphics capabilities to ease the usage of the program. GUI functions accordingly to the basic components, that are windows, icons, menus and pointers.



Word processor is one of the most common computer applications used today. A word processor is very useful in the sense that it enables users to create a document file, store it electronically on a hard disk, display it on the computer's screen, making alterations when required as well as printing the document with a printer.


A spreadsheet is a table of values that are arranged accordingly in rows and columns. Spreadsheet applications are computer programs that allow users to create and also modify spreadsheets electronically. Usually, if there is more than one single table, the values would have predefined relationships to other values. Meaning, the values are inter-related. Hence, of one value is changed, the other values might follow suit too.




DBMS, is short for Database Management System, which is a collection of programs that enables users to store, edit, and extract data from a database. There are many types of database systems which range from small systems that are available on personal computers to huge and more sophisticated systems that run on mainframe computers. 


A utility suite is an all-in-one handy toolkit for the purpose of maintenance and system cleanup. It is basically a kind of system software that is specially designed to help analyze and configure in order to maintain the computer's overall system. 

 



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