Mobile Apps
applications designed for cell phones and tablets
includes word processing programs, presentation software, spreadsheets, and database management systems
General-purpose application
Specialized Applications
are thousands of programs that are more narrowly focused on specific disciplines and occupations
User interface
the portion of the application that allows a person to control and to interact with the program
An interface that displays graphical elements called icons to represent familiar objects
Graphical User Interface (GUI)
appear below menu bar and include buttons that provide shortcuts for quick access
Toolbar
Ribbon Graphical User Interface (GUI)
changes based on the needs of the user, like ribbon, tabs and galleries
Name two types of gaming apps
free-to-play and role-playing game (RPG)
Word Processor
used to create text-based documents, like memos, letters and reports
programs that combine a variety of visual objects to create attractive, visually interesting presentation
Presentation Software
Name three common presentation software programs
Microsoft PowerPoint, Apple Keynote, and Google Slides
organize, analyze, and graph numeric data such as budgets and financial reports
spreadsheet
database
a collection of related data, retrieve data, and structures
Graphics program
are widely used by professionals in the graphics art profession
Video editors, image editing programs, illustration programs and desktop publishing programs are used by
Graphics Programs
are specialized graphics programs for editing or modifying digital photographs, pixels (bitmap or raster)
Image editors
Video editors
are used to edit videos to enhance quality and appearance of videos captures on cell phone or other devices
Illustration programs
are used to create and edit vector images
use geometric shapes or object to create image
vector images
Desktop publishing programs or page layout programs
graphic design tool used by artist to create online and print content
creating a site
web authoring
web authoring programs
used to create sophisticated commercial sites, support web design and HTML coding
WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get)
build a page without interacting directly with HTML code
A collection of separate application programs bundled together and made available as a group
software suite