Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Basic and Specialized Application Softtware

Graphical User Interface (GUI)
GUI is a program interface that make user work more effectively with command-driven interface with images. For example, Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh. The area includes desktop interface, icons, pointing device, windows, and menus.

Spreadsheet
A application that use for prodtction of any printing materials. They are varies of spreadsheet application. For example, Microsoft words and Pages are the most commen spreadsheet application for Windows and Macintosh.

DBMS
DBMS stands for "Database Management System". It is a database system that manage incoming data and organize it in the way that users can easily classfy on the data that DBMS manage. For example, people who work in markting may use Microsoft Access to organize the product datas.

Utility Suites
The programs that make are comprise into a package and sell as a group. It can be entertainments, IT products, applications or specialized softwares. For instance, software companies will sell their products in packaged with nice cover. End users will either buy it from the store or get it for free from internet.

Web Authoring
Creating a site is called Web authoring. It allow end users to create a website and develop it in a desktop publishing formate. It includes Web page editors, HTML is a typical web site creating and designing tool used to design the website.

Audio Editing Software
Audio Editing Software can use in wide areas. End users can use audio editing software to create, recreate, and organized any sound. General audio editing software functions include recording sound, sound effects, editing, copy, cut, paste, basic functions. It makes end users more easier to editing their musical projects, movie background song effects and so on.

Bitmap Image
A bitmap image or pixmap is a type of image formate used to store digital images. A picture has taken by any type of photographic machine consist extreme amount of dots to formate the image. Bitmap can recalculate the picture and zoom it in or out in details.

Desktop Publishing Program
Desktop Publishing Program help the end users to create communicate desktop printings. For examples, news paper, news letter, brochure and magazine are designed by the people who used this program.

HTML Editor
HTML is written behind every website that you can see on internet. HTML is a typical web site creating and designing tool used to design the website. For example, Weblogs/blogs are created by written HTML

Image Editor
Image editor program can be used for editing photographs. You can use this program to change photo's color, brightness, cut, paste, add pictures, etc. Image editor makes changes to original pictures and images but it also can create graphics its own.

Multimedia
Multimedia is the combination of individual content forms. There are text, audio, still images animation, video footage, and interactivity.

Vector Image
A vector image means the information saved of the picture is saved in a mathematical format. a photograph image is saved in bits. From left to right, from top to bottom, Every color is saved as a dot. These dots come together and create the image.

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

The Internet, the web and electronic commerce













URL

URL abbreviation of Uniform Resource Locator, is a link of other websites.


www.AugustineTsen.blogspot.com.my/


First part is the resource on the World wide Web.


Second part is the resource name.

It specifies the IP address location.


Third part is defining the location in which country.







HTML

HTML is short form for Hyper Text Markup Language. It is the markup language for designing and creating the web pages. It structure text and layout documents in the web site by the creator. HTML allowed the pictures and object to connect to the other page or link on either the creator's own website or the other.





Javascript

Javascript is scripting language that provide motion into HTML and user can actually interact the Java programs on the website. Javascript and HTML do not contain the same function but they are much similar. And they also can be interacted with both of computer languages.












Applet

Applet is the mini application that contain very small file size and runs in the larger program such as Javascript. For example, by using firefox browser, the add-ons and plug-in will need applet to provide the little motions for logo or icons.




Blogs

Blog is a internet platform that comprehends public journals, personal experiences, knowledge informations, amusement activities and so on… People can put anything in their blog. For example, they can put pictures, videos, and text on the blog to share to friends, family, or other readers who read their blogs.













Wikis

Wikis, known as Wikipedia. It is a information centre that created by non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. The purpose of this website is to combine everyone's idea and share it to anyone who is looking for specific information in details. It might not be perfect answers because there are people updating new information everyday. But it is a very useful website that help people to search informations.




FTP

FTP, File Transfer Protocol, is use for transferring information between computer systems. It allows files move directly from the server to other local computer or any computer that can connect to the internet.






Plug-in

Plug-in are similar to add-ons. Plug-in are the small applications that install in the explorer such as IE, Firefox, and safari.













Filter

Filter response to a request for a resource in a web application.








Internet Security Suite

It is a program designed for protecting your computer from out coming virus or hacking attack. Usually there are some unknown virus hiding behind the files or programs that approached your computer and you don't even realized. Internet security suite will try to avoid it happen and block the virus before they reached.

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Careers in IT



Webmaster



Webmaster is a person who designs and maintens a website. This person is able to ensure the function of the web servers, hardware, and software are working on the right tract.




-Computer support Specialist




Computer support specialist is who try to help people to solve any problems or functions in their computer. For example, it maybe hardware issues, solfware issues, or even some problems on internet website. They will welling to help on phone, e-mail, or even face-to-face.





Technical Writer




A technical writer is a professional writer who design, creat, maintain, and problem solved technical documentation. This person is going to help people in set up online help, user guides and so on...












Software engineer




A software engineer is a person who has schooled and skilled in creation designs of programe. The difference between a programmer and a software engineer is that a programmer create a code that make the program run; a software engineer is able to create a design the tools and implements of the program.








Network Administrator


This particular person is responsible of the maintenance of software and hardware that compress the computer network. Network Administrator concentrat on mostly network, server development, and internet security.








Database Administrator


A database administrator is responsible of enviromental aspect database. These including the works of recoverability, integrity, security, availability, performance, development and testing support. The duties of database administrator is to manage database system, backups and testing of backs, performance analysis, and database design or assistance.


System Analyst

A system analyst research, select, configures computer system for an oranization or business. System analyst interact with customers to learn and note down the requirements from customers. Then produce a system development. System analyst also interact with the designers who created the software and get more understanding of the software limitations. Basically, system analyst helps programmers and customers in ducumentation requirements.

Programmer

A programmer is who contains computer knowledge and writes computer software. Programmer is specialist in one area of computer programming. It must know the better understanding of the language C, C++, Java< Lisp, Delphi etc in order to create and complete computer program.