Computing Essentials, Chapter 3

Database Management System (DBMS)

A system for managing data that allows the user to store, retrieve, and analyze information.

This type of software works with end users, application software, and computer hardware to handle the majority of technical details.

System

Graphical User Interface (GUI)

Type of user interface that allows a user to interact with software using text, graphics, and visual images, such as icons.

A combination of applications that typically include word processors, spreadsheet programs, and presentation software is commonly called a(n):

office suite

This type of software can be described as end user software and is used to accomplish a variety of tasks.

Application

Image editors edit images consisting of thousands of pixels that form this type of image.

Bitmap

These are graphics that typically appear as black and white boxes that automatically link mobile devices to a variety of different content including games, text, videos, and websites.

QR codes

Pixel

Short for "picture element" it is the fundamental unit of a digital image, typically a tiny square or dot which contains a single point of color of a larger image.

Which would be the most appropriate type of application to create, analyze and forecast budgets?

Spreadsheet

Bitmap

The photographs consist of thousands of dots or pixels that form images often referred to a raster images.

This type of image is made up of geometric shapes or objects.

Vector

A type of editor in which documents or web pages appear onscreen as they will look when printed or displayed on browser is called

WYSIWYG

Application Software

computer software created to allow the user to perform a specific job or task. Also referred to as apps.

The electronic equivalent of a file cabinet is a:

database

Most applications use a(n) _____ that displays graphical elements called icons to represent familiar objects.

graphical user interface