Software:
• Real reason we use computers
• Makes computers with using because it makes it easier for people to get
their work done and increase their productivity
Multimedia software: Communications software:
• Used to create or view • Used to make electronic
multimedia content communications simple,
effective, and efficient
• The web as become the way
most multimedia is viewed and • Email programs, web
distributed browsing software, Instant
messages, and VoIP
• Refers to content that software
combines text, sound, images,
drawings, and video
• Huge variety of different types of software available can cause problems
with compatibility
• The people communicating via Word Doc, for example, might have
different versions of the same program or software from different
companies
, Software versions: Subscription:
• To go from one version to the • Alternative is to subscribe to
next, the software must me your software
updated
• This means that you ‘own’
• if you have bought software your software
then you can always get the
latest versions at a discounted • You pay monthly or annual fee
price to keep using the software
• The software will always be up
to date and have the latest
version installed
Solutions to compatibility issues:
Export – save the document in a format that the other person’s software might
be able to use
Import – use the import “open with” option of the software if you must open a
file from another format
Upgrade – upgrade your software so that you have the latest versions or
consider subscribing to the software
Standardize – make sure that everyone in your organization all use the same
versions of software and from the same company
• A term used to describe an error or fault in Beta:
the program caused by the way it was
written or programmed • Versions of
software are often
• Most bugs have a very little effect on the distributed free to
user so therefor it goes unnoticed most of allow people to use
the time and test them
• Real reason we use computers
• Makes computers with using because it makes it easier for people to get
their work done and increase their productivity
Multimedia software: Communications software:
• Used to create or view • Used to make electronic
multimedia content communications simple,
effective, and efficient
• The web as become the way
most multimedia is viewed and • Email programs, web
distributed browsing software, Instant
messages, and VoIP
• Refers to content that software
combines text, sound, images,
drawings, and video
• Huge variety of different types of software available can cause problems
with compatibility
• The people communicating via Word Doc, for example, might have
different versions of the same program or software from different
companies
, Software versions: Subscription:
• To go from one version to the • Alternative is to subscribe to
next, the software must me your software
updated
• This means that you ‘own’
• if you have bought software your software
then you can always get the
latest versions at a discounted • You pay monthly or annual fee
price to keep using the software
• The software will always be up
to date and have the latest
version installed
Solutions to compatibility issues:
Export – save the document in a format that the other person’s software might
be able to use
Import – use the import “open with” option of the software if you must open a
file from another format
Upgrade – upgrade your software so that you have the latest versions or
consider subscribing to the software
Standardize – make sure that everyone in your organization all use the same
versions of software and from the same company
• A term used to describe an error or fault in Beta:
the program caused by the way it was
written or programmed • Versions of
software are often
• Most bugs have a very little effect on the distributed free to
user so therefor it goes unnoticed most of allow people to use
the time and test them
