Chapter 3 Computing Essentials

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

False

_______ make up the basic structure of a relational database with columns containing field data and rows containing record information.

Tables

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 specialized graphics programs for editing or modifying digital photographs.

Image editors

Which of the following is not a popular cloud suite or online office suite?

Lotus Symphony

Add-on programs for a variety of mobile devices including smartphones and tablets.

Mobile apps

These organize commonly used commands into a set of tabs.

Ribbons

_______ are used to edit videos to enhance quality and appearance.

Video editors

Web authoring programs that allow you to build a page without interacting directly with HTML code are known as ______.

WYSIWYG editors

To create documents that consist primarily of text, you need this software

Word processor

Most applications use a _______ that displays graphical elements called icons to represent familiar objects.

graphical user interface

Programs that combine a variety of visual objects to create attractive, visually interesting presentations are called:

presentation graphics

General-purpose applications include all of the following except:

web authoring

Specialized and powerful programs, called ________ are typically used to create specialized commercial sites.

web authoring programs