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SOFTWARE ISSUES

INTRODUCTION TO SOFTWARE

SYSTEM SOFTWARE

APPLICATION SOFTWARE

SOFTWARE TRENDS

• FIRST GENERATION
• SECOND GENERATION
• THIRD GENERATION
• FOURTH GENERATION
• FIFTH GENERATION

EXPERT-ASSISTED SOFTWARE

INTELLIGENT HELP

SYSTEM SOFTWARE OVERVIEW

• SYSTEM MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS
• SYSTEM SUPPORT PROGRAMS
• SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

OPERATING SYSTEMS

OPERATING SYSTEM FUNCTIONS

THE USER INTERFACE

GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE (GUI)

OPERATING ENVIRONMENTS

MICROSOFT WINDOWS

IBSM OS/2 WARP

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

VIRTUAL MEMORY

FILE MANAGEMENT

TASK MANAGEMENT

MULTITASKING

VIRTUAL MACHINES

POPULAR OPERATING SYSTEMS

MS-DOS

WINDOWS95

WINDOWSNT

OS/2 WARP

UNIX

MACINTOSH SYSTEM

DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

DB2

ORACLE

TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS

FRONT END PROCESSORS

NETWORK SERVERS

SYSTEM SUPPORT PROGRAMS

UTILITY PROGRAMS

PERFORMANCE MONITORS

SECURITY MONITORS

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES

MACHINE LANGUAGES

ADVANTAGE/DISADVANTAGE

ASSEMBLER LANGUAGES

ADVANTAGE/DISADVANTAGE

HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGES

ADVANTAGES/DISADVANTAGES

• ADA
• BASIC
• C
• COBOL
• FORTRAN
• PASCAL

4TH GENERATION LANGUAGES

• NONPROCEDURAL
• ALSO CALLED NATURAL LANGUAGES
• MUCH EASIER TO PROGRAM

ADVANTAGES/DISADVANTAGES

OBJECT ORIENTED LANGUAGES

ADVANTAGES/DISADVANTAGES

LANGUAGE TRANSLATOR PROGRAMS

TRANSLATE OTER LANGUAGES INTO MACHINE LANGUAGE

ASSEMBLER

COMPILER

INTERPRETER

PROGRAMMING TOOLS

APPLICATION SOFTWARE: END USER APPLICATIONS

GNERAL PURPOSE APPLICATIONS

APPLICATION SPECIFIC

BUSINESS APPLICATIONS

SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS

OTHER APPLICATIONS

WORD PROCESSING

ELECTRONIC SPREADSHEET PACKAGES

• EXCEL: MICROSOFT
• LOTUS 1-2-3: LOTUS CORPORATION
• PLANPEFECT: COREL
• QUATTRO PRO: COREL
• VP-PLANNER: PAPERBACK SOFTWARE INTERNATIONAL

WORD PROCESSING

DATA MANAGEMENT PACKAGES

DATABASE DEVELOPMENT

DATABASE INTERROGATION

DATABASE MANAGEMENT

APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT

TELECOMMUNICATIONS PACKAGES

GRAPHICS PACKAGES

INTEGRATED PACKAGES AND SOFTWARE SUITES

OTHER END USER PACKAGES

GROUPWARE

OTHER ISSUES

TREND IN COST CONCERNS TOWARDS SOFTWARE FROM HARDWARE

MULTIPROGRAMMING

BATCH PROCESSING

TIME-SHARING SYSTEMS

OPEN SYSTEMS

SPECIFIC SOFTWARE PACKAGES

DATA MANAGEMENT PACKAGES

• ACCESS: MICROSOFT
• APPROACH: LOTUS
• dBASE IV: BORLAND INTERNATIONAL
• FOXPRO: MICROSOFT
• ORACLE: ORACLE
• PARADOX: BORLAND INTERNATIONAL

WORD PROCESSING

DESKTOP PUBLISHING

• ADOBE PAGEMASTER: ADOBE
• INTERLEAF PUBLISHER: INTERLEAF
• QUARK XPRESS: QUARK
• READT, SET, GO: LETRASET USA
• XEROX VENTURA PUBLISHER: XEROX DESKTOP SOFTWARE

PRESENTATION SOFTWARE

• COMPEL: ASYMETRIX
• COREL PRESENTATIONS: COREL
• FREELANCE GRAPHICS: LOTUS DEVELOPMENT
• HARVARD GRAPHICS: SOFTWARE PUBLISHING
• PERSUASSION: ADOBE SYSTEMS
• POWERPOINT: MICROSOFT

MULTIMEDIA AUTHORING SOFTWARE

• AUTHORWARE: MACROMEDIA
• COREL CLICK AND CREATE: COREL
• ICONAUTHOR: AIMTECH
• INNOVUS MULTIMEDIA: INNOVUS
• mTROPOLIS: mFACTORY
• ORACLE MEDIA OBJECTS: ORACLE
• POWERMEDIA: RADMEDIA
• TOOLBOOK: ASYMETRIX

PERSONAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

• ACT!: SYMANTEC
• AGENDA: LOTUS DEVELOPMENT
• PRIMETIME PERSONAL: PRIMETIME SOFTWARE
• TOTALL MANAGER: BARTEL SOFTWARE
• WHO-WHAT-WHEN: CHRONOS SOFTWARE

COMMUNICATIONS SOFTWARE AND WEB BROWSERS

• SENDING AND RECEIVING ELECTRONIC MAIL
• CONNECTING TO AN EXTERNAL INFORMATION SERVICE
• FILE TRANSFER
• TERMINAL EMULATION
• SENDING AND RECEIVING A FAX
• BROWSERS: NETSCAPE AND EXPLORER

POPULAR 4GL TOOLS

• QUERY LANGUAGES
• SQL: IBM
• QUERY BY EXAMPLE: IBM
• INTELLECT: ALCORP
• REPORT GENERATORS
• EASYTRIEVE PLUS: PANSOPHIC SYSTEMS
• DATATRIEVE: DIGITAL
• MARK V: ANSWER SYSTEMS
• APPLICATION GENERATORS
• FOCUS: INFORMATION BUILDERS
• IDEAL: APPLIED DATA RESEARCH
• MANTIS: CINCOM SYSTEMS
• MAPPER: UNISYS
• NATURAL: SOFTWARE AG
• NOMAD2: MUST SOFTWARE
• RAMIS II: COMPUTER ASSOCIATES INTERNATIONAL

REPORT GENERATORS

APPLICATION GENERATOR

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This page was created by David Lewis on 6/18/97

Last updated on 9/26/97