Monday, 30 March 2009

Softwares Application

Typical examples of software applications are word processors, spredsheets and media players.

1) Word processing typically refers to text manipulaton functions such as automatic generation of:
  • batch mailings using a form letter template and an address database ( also called mail merging)
  • indices of keywords and their page numbers
  • tables of contents with section titles and their page numbers
  • cross-referencing with section or page numbers
  • footnote numbering

2) A spreadshets is a computer application that simulates a paper worksheet. It displays multiple cells that together make up a grid consisting of rows and columns, each cell containing either alphanumeric text or numeric values. A spreadsheet cell may alternatively contain a formula that defines how the contents of that cell is to be calculated from the contents of any other cell (or combination of cells) each time any is updated. Spreadsheets are frequently used for financial information because of their ability to re-calculate the entire shhet automatically after a change to a single cell is made.

3) Media player is a term typically used to describe computer softwares for playing back multimedia files. Most software media players support ana array of media formats, including both audio and video files.

Some media players focus only on audio or video and are known as audio players and video players respectively. The producers of these players usually focus on providing a better user experience as they are specifically tailored the media type.





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