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Grade 6 ICT Ch- 2 SOFTWARE Notes 2
Application Software:
Application is used by the users to perform specific tasks that are not related to the
operating systems.
Example:
1. Word Processor 2. Desktop Publishing 3. Spreadsheet
4. Database 5. Web Authoring 6. Graphics Editors
7. Photo Editors 8. Sound Editing 9. Presentation Software
Name of the Functions Examples
Software
Word Processor • Software allows user for creating, 1. Libre Office
storing and printed type documents. Application
• Includes words and some images, Suite.
hyperlinks, equations, simple drawings,
and shapes and charts.
• Used for creating Additional Examples:
1. Letters
2. Reports 2. MS Word
3. Essays 3. Google docs
4. Books
• Comments can be added to the text so
that others can understand the writer’s
intention and give feedback.
• They usually come with spelling and
grammar checking tools that identify
errors in the text as the user types.
Desktop • Software involves using the computer to Adobe InDesign
Publishing create visual displays of ideas and
information by combining images and Microsoft Publisher
text to produce an attractive layout and
design to effectively communicate a
message.
• Common publications include
brochures, postcards, business cards,
posters, web pages, newsletters, flyers,
and posters.
• The main difference is the way in which
the software allows users to work with
complicated page layouts.
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Spreadsheet • Software used to do calculations. User Microsoft Excel
can use and create formulae and
functions to perform automatic
calculations on values that can be
entered and changed later.
Database • Database Management system (DBMS) Oracle My SQL.
• DBMS are used to enter, edit, and
search data. Microsoft Access
• Some systems can also produce reports
that dynamically display real-time
changes to the data as it updates.
Features:
• Data entry forms so that users can input
data.
• Query editors so that users can select
all data that meets certain criteria.
• Report builders so that users can
display data in a more readable format.
Web Authoring • Allows users to create web pages using Adobe Dreamweaver
Software HTML code.
• Hypertext Markup language (HTML) is a
computing language read by web
browser software.
• Web Browsers will translate HTML into
Web Browser Software
pages that people can see and read.
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• Web pages can be linked together to
create a website for people to view on Examples: Google
an intranet or on a web server on the
Chrome, Microsoft
internet.
• Applications which allow users to create Edge, Mozilla Firefox.
web pages without HTML coding are
called “What You See Is What You Get”
(WYSIWYG).
Presentation • Presentation software allows users to
software create engaging multimedia content,
including images, text, animation and Prezi
video. This content can be placed on
slides or pathways that are used to Microsoft Powerpoint
illustrate and support the spoken
Corel Presentation
content of a talk given to an audience.
• Some applications allow users to
practise timings and add narration that
automatically plays back on the
appropriate slides. These slides can be
set to advance automatically after a set
period of time. Notes can be added to
the presentation to remind and prompt
presenter to speak about specific points
during presentation.
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Image Editing:
• Allows users to create and change Bitmap images and Vector Images.
Difference between Bitmap and Vector images:
Bitmap Images Vector Images
Computer image that is stored or printed Graphical images made up of points and
as an arrangement of bits. lines
Examples: digital photographs Example: Logos or drawings
Pictures will not be good quality and Good Quality
pixilated.
No blur or Pixilation
Clear and sharp always
Graphics editors:
Graphics editing applications allow users to create or edit vector graphics. An example
of graphics editing software is Serif Affinity Designer. Features of graphics editors
include:
vectorising images (that is, converting or tracing bitmap graphics to vector
graphics)
layers (that is, having the ability to place some graphics on top of others)
adding text
adding or drawing shapes and lines
resizing, aligning or moving shapes and lines
altering the colour of shapes, lines and fill areas
Photo editors:
These allow users to edit and enhance digital photographs and images. An example of
photo editing software is GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP). Features of photo
editors include:
adjusting brightness and contrast
resizing the image
altering sharpness and blurring
applying filters and effects such as distortion
red-eye removal and cropping
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Sound editing:
Sound editing software allows users to edit audio files or to join together different
audio files in order to create multitrack music or soundtracks for video. An example
of sound editing software is Audacity. Features of this software include:
cut and join audio clips
mute and solo some audio tracks
alter volume levels for individuals tracks
change tempo
frequency equalisation (changing the levels of high and low pitch frequencies)
add effects like reverberation
apply audio processing:
o reverse
o noise reduction
o normalisation
o fade the volume in, that it gets louder, or out, so that it gets quieter
Control Applications:
Control applications are used to make something happen in the physical
environment.
This type of software is often used to automate the movement of control devices
or actuators, such as motors.
Control software takes input from one or more sensors, makes a decision based
on the input value and then outputs something, such as command, as a result.
Control software is often used in engineering, vehicles and building control
systems.
However, a developing group of control applications is in the area of home
automation systems, where devices can be monitored and controlled using a
smartphone app.
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How one disability can be supported by configuring application software :
Colours can be altered / font size increased (1)to support users with visual impairments
(1)so that the menus / features / content are clearly visible (1).
Visual Prompts can be enabled (1) to supports users with auditory impairments(1)
Do not accept narrator / text to speech as there are not related to configuring
applications software , they are separate applications.
SUBJECT VOCABULARY :
Application suite a collection of application software that share the same look and user
interface; often, they can share data between each other and share some functionality.
Hyperlink a link that can be clicked in order to go to another location (often a web page
on the internet)
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is a computing language read by web browser
software.
Web server is a computer that stores web pages and sends them to other devices that
request them (often using web browser software).
Intranet a computer network used for exchanging or seeing information within a
company.
Bitmap is a computer image that is stored or printed as an arrangement of bits.
Vector graphic is a graphical image made up of points and lines.
Cropping using a photo editor to remove the edges of an image
Mute silence an audio track
Solo only play one particular audio track
Tempo the speed at which a track is played
Normalisation increasing the average volume of a piece of audio to a defined
maximum level
Slide a single page of a presentation
Pathway the sequence of or route through a series of slides
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SOFTWARE
System software Application software
Few examples
* Word Processor
* Desktop Publishing
Utility software Operating system * Spreadsheet
>Backup * Memory management * Database
>Defragmentation * Resource management * Web Authoring
>Compression * Security * Graphics Editors
>Formatting * File management * Photo Editors
>Repairing files * Hardware management * Sound Editing
>Anti-virus * Networking * Presentation Software
>Firewall * Error handling
>Format disks/drives * Managing utilities
>System analysis tools * User interface handles interrupts