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1 Generic diligence parcel program package program organisation computer software product Software refers to computer programs. A program is a sequence of instruction manual that tells the computers processor what to do. There are two types of software system software application software. System software manages the computer ironware provides a uniform environment for application programs to run performs housekeeping and supervise tasks. lotion software allows the user to do usable tasks with the computer such as playing games, writing a letter or monitoring infirmary patients is very much supplied as a package can be generic (off-the-shelf) and is general purpose can be bespoke, where it is custom-scripted for a specific task. Application programsApplication programs commonly have facilities for escapeing in a graphical user interface (GUI) managing entropy files and working on multiple files navigating through the work and changing the zoom level impor ting files and inserting embedded objects creating and editing drawings data formatting textbook and graphics and editing content using insertion, deletion, cut-and-paste, copyand-paste and find-and-replace and Undo and produce commands language checking saving and using templates viewing a file as it will be printed (WYSIWYG) creating macros and assigning them to buttons and images hyperlinking exporting files in other formats publish files. Generic application programs You may be asked to justify your choice of a type of generic application software (no brand names) for a fact purpose. For the particular features of each type of software, refer to thecoursebook, especially if you do not have practical experience of it. Cambridge IGCSE Computer Studies Cambridge University insistence 2011 Revision notes 1 Generic application software 1 Generic Application software desktop publishing (DTP) word processing spreadsheet General use of software ublications with complex lay out, e. g. posters, newsletters and magazines text-intensive material, e. g. letters, business/legal documents, and mail merges repeatable financial, scientific and applied science calculations, mathematical modelling and simple databases input, storage and retrieval of records to provide useful information on screen and in printed reports fax, telephony, video-conferencing, email and instant pass on web authoring, for producing HTML and scripting code for interactive web pages database management system (DBMS) communication web browser search engine graphics computer-aided objective (CAD) computer-aided manufacture (CAM) multimedia authoring or interactively accessing information in the form of text and other media from remote web servers a web application for purpose information available on Internet servers drawing and editing images, both bitmap and vector for drawing product designs for manufacturing products from CAD designs producing multimedia characterization files for animated advertisements and games within web pages or presentations, whole websites, or moving-picture show films for creating slideshows (successions of multimedia pages), or multimedia or printed posters for recording data mechanically for scientific, engineering and statistical purposes writing, compiling and debugging computer programs presentation data-logging programming Customising generic application programs off-the-peg generic application programs are readily available, relatively cheap and well tested. They can be customised to the purchasers requirements by hiding the standard menus and toolbars creating new menus or toolbars with just the essential requirements reservation cosmetic changes to the colour scheme and logo creating macros run by toolbar buttons or keyboard shortcuts.A macro is program code recorded automatically or written in a scripting language to improve access to existing commands or to create new ones. Bespoke software Bespoke software (custom- written) is software specially written to suit the needs of a particular customer. It is often very efficient because it does exactly what is required, is easy to learn and has good customer support and maintenance. Cambridge IGCSE Computer Studies Cambridge University Press 2011 Revision notes 1 Generic application software 2 Comparing off-the-shelf with bespoke software off-the-rack software has a number of advantages and disadvantages relative to bespoke software. Off-the-shelf softwares advantages t is immediately available it is usually much cheaper to deal it may have some(prenominal) powerful features developedover many years if it belongs to a suite, it is likely to be able to exchange data and files easily with other programs in the suite it is well tested by previous users there is support available from experienced trainers and user groups Off-the-shelf softwares disadvantages it may be overly complex and hard to learn it may be a compromise between the requirements of unalike types of users an organisation may be forced to adapt its business procedures to the software errors may not be fixed rapidly Cambridge IGCSE Computer Studies Cambridge University Press 2011 Revision notes 1 Generic application software 3