Understanding Software and Files
Understanding Software and Files
Understanding Software and Files
and Files
Software are categorized as
• Operating Systems
– Windows, Linux, MAC
• Applications
– Word Processing, spreadsheet, Internet Browser, Adobe, etc)
• Programming Languages
– Visual Basic, Java, C, C++, etc
• Utilities
– Anti-virus, registry editor
• Viruses and Worms
- Designed to annoy, destroy files and directories
• etc
Operating Systems
• Microsoft
– DOS
– Windows Server Family
• Windows NT, MS Windows Server 2000/2003/2008
– Windows Desktop
• Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows 98/Me, Windows XP,
Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8
• Linux/Unix
– Fedora, Caldera, Mandrake, Suse, RedHat, Slackware, Debian,
Ubuntu
• Apple Macintosh – Mac OSX
• Mobile OS – Smart Phones
– Android (Linux Mobile - Google) - Samsung
– Symbian (Nokia-based)
– Windows Mobile – Nokia Lumia
– MAC IOS - IPhone
Office Automation/ Productivity
Software
• Microsoft-Based
– Word Processing – MS Word
– Spreadsheet – MS Excel
– Presentation – MS Powerpoint
• OpenOffice.org
– Word Processing – Writer
– Spreadsheet – Calc
– Presentation – Impress
• Analogy: Colgate VS Close-up, Diapers VS
Pampers, Softdrinks VS Coke
Office Automation/
Productivity Software
• Browsers
– Internet Explorer (MS)
– Firefox (Mozilla)
– Chrome (Google)
– Netscape Navigator (CompuServe)
• Others
– Word Processing – WordStar, WordPerfect
– Spreadsheet – Lotus 123, QuadroPro
Understanding Files and
Formats
• A computer file has
– Filename and 3 or 4 letter extension formats
– No extension is required
– Icons
– Example: myresume.doc
Understanding Files and
Formats
• Word Processing
– DOC, ODT, DOCX
• Spreadsheet
– XLS, ODS, XLSX
• Presentations
– PPT, ODP, PPTX
• HTML
– HTML, HTM
Multimedia File Formats
• Video
– MPEG 1,MPEG 2,MPEG 4-AVC, WMV, AVI, MOV, FLV
• Image
– JPEG, GIF, TIFF, BMP
• Audio
– MPEG 3, AAC, WAV, OGG, MIDI
• Animations
– SWF, FLA, FLV, movie
Workshop
Using mouse/Mouse operation
Creating files and folders
Moving/Copying files and folders
• Intel-Based • AMD-based
– Pentium 1,2,3,4 • Athlon
– Pentium D • Semprom
– Celeron • Athlon X2
– Celeron D • Turiun X2
– Core 2 Duo/Quad • Opteron(Server)
– Xeon(Server) • Phenom
– Atom(NetBook)
– i3, i5,i7