Bài giảng Introduction to Information and Communication Technologies - Lesson 4: What are the software components of computers?

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Bài giảng Introduction to Information and Communication Technologies - Lesson 4: What are the software components of computers? Introduction to Information  and Communication  Technologies Lesson 4. What are the software components of computers? UNESCO ICTLIP Module 1 1. Lesson 4. Rationale ■ A computer system is generally composed of hardware and software. ■ Hardware make up the physical components. Software make up the set of instructions for the computer. Without software, the computer will not be able to perform the tasks that you would like it to do. UNESCO ICTLIP Module 2 1. Lesson 4. Scope ■ What is software? ■ What are the two kinds of software? ■ What is programming? ■ What are viruses and how do you deal with them? ■ How do computers respond to different character sets? ■ What are some general trends in software development? UNESCO ICTLIP Module 3 1. Lesson 4. Learning outcomes By the end of this lesson, you should be able to: ■ Define the function of software in a computer system ■ Distinguish between an operating system and an application system ■ List different types of operating systems and application software ■ Define what are programming languages ■ Identify and avoid computer viruses ■ Compare different character sets ■ Be aware of general trends in software development UNESCO ICTLIP Module 4 1. Lesson 4. What are the types of software? There are two sets of instructions that a computer must follow: ■ General instructions: Systems software or operating system such as DOS, Windows Unix, and Mac OS ■ Specific instructions: Application software such as those used for word processing, spreadsheets, or library management UNESCO ICTLIP Module 5 1. Lesson 4. Operating system ■ An organized collection of system programs which serve as the interface between the user or application and the computer. ■ It manages the hardware resources: ◆ CPU management to facilitate sharing execution time of processes ◆ Memory management to allocate memory resources dynamically ◆ I/O management to handle reading and writing devices UNESCO ICTLIP Module 6 1. Lesson 4. Disk Operating Systems (DOS) ■ Disk Operating System (DOS) is a generic term describing any operating system that is loaded from disk devices when the system is started or rebooted. ■ It is not a user friendly OS since users need to memorize commands and issue it by typing line by line. This known as command line interface. Very few end users use DOS nowadays. UNESCO ICTLIP Module 7 1. Lesson 4. Microsoft Windows ■ A graphical user interface (GUI) originally running on DOS (Windows 3.x) that allows multitasking or the ability to run several programs at the same time. ■ Windows 95 / Windows NT that no longer runs on DOS ■ About 75% of the world’s PCs use the Windows operating system. The present versions in use are Windows 98, Windows Me and Windows 2000. UNESCO ICTLIP Module 8 1. Lesson 4. Other operating systems ■ IBM OS/2 ■ Macintosh OS ■ SCO Unix ■ Linux ■ Other Proprietary OS UNESCO ICTLIP Module 9 1. Lesson 4. Applications software A set of instructions designed to perform a specific task such as word processing, accounting, cataloguing, library management, animation, etc. UNESCO ICTLIP Module 10 1. Lesson 4. Types of applications software The nature of the software depends on the application ◆ General purpose office software ◆ Business management software ◆ Special discipline software ◆ Other applications UNESCO ICTLIP Module 11 1. Lesson 4. General purpose office software ■ Word processing: Example, MS Word ■ Spreadsheets: Example, Excel ■ Database management systems: Example, MS Access, Oracle ■ Presentation/Graphics: Example, Power Point, Corel UNESCO ICTLIP Module 12 1. Lesson 4. What is a software suite? A set of software with word processing, spreadsheet, database management and presentation software like MS Office is called a software suite. UNESCO ICTLIP Module 13 1. Lesson 4. What are special purpose  software? ■ Desktop publishing software: Example, Microsoft Publisher ■ Imaging and drawing: Example, Corel Draw, Photo Shop ■ File management: Example: CDS/ISIS, INMAGIC ■ Library management software: Example: Athena, GLAS, Innopac, Library Solutions UNESCO ICTLIP Module 14 1. Lesson 4. Library Software ■ Single function: Performs only one library operation such as cataloging and OPAC ■ Integrated:Can perform all or many operations using data from a single database UNESCO ICTLIP Module 15 1. Lesson 4. What is a computer virus? ■ Generally a computer virus is defined as a program or a code that gains access without the users’ knowledge and/or perform actions not intended by the user, often damaging data and sometimes the whole system in the process. ■ Viruses are activated once unknowing users run, open, view or copy the file containing it. The action that will trigger the virus to deliver its “payload” depends on the type of virus that infected the file. ■ Some security experts define viruses separately from worms, and Trojan horses. UNESCO ICTLIP Module 16 ...