CSC102 Computer Software

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Computer Concepts
Software
CSC 102 Intro to Technology

Topics:
 Operating Systems
GUI
 Web Browsers
 Application Software
 Office Suites
 Graphic Suites
 Creative Software
 Coding Software
 Social Media

Operating Systems
 Operating System
Software that controls the way the
computer works while it is running.
Operating systems use a GUI.
 GUI is the Graphical User Interface that
utilizes icons, folders and menus instead
of command-line instructions.

Types of Operating Systems
 Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10
 Windows Phone 8
 Apple Mac OS X (Snow Leopard, Lion, Mountain
Lion, Mavericks, Yosemite, El Capitan, Sierra)
 Apple iOS, Google Android
 Linux, Unix

Application Software
Web Browsers
 Microsoft Edge
 Internet Explorer (MS)
 Safari (Apple)
 Firefox (Mozilla)
 Chrome (Google)

Office Suites
 Microsoft Office 2016, 2013
Includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint,
Access, Outlook, Publisher
 Office 365 (Suite free for students & faculty)
Older: Office 2010, Office 2007, Office 2003
 Office for Mac 2016, 2011, 2008
 iWork (Mac) Pages, Numbers, Keynote
 Google Docs, Open Office
(Free, Web-based)

Graphic Suites
 Adobe Adobe Creative Cloud, CS6
Includes: Photoshop, InDesign,
Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver,
Premier, Acrobat, etc.

Other Creative Software
 Video Editing: Adobe Premier, After Effects,
Final Cut Pro, iMovie, Movie Maker, Camtasia,
Sony Vegas and web-based options
 Audio: GarageBand, Audacity, Sound Forge
 3D Modeling & Animation: Maya, Blender,
3ds Max, Carrara, Cinema4D, SketchUp,
Zbrush, AutoCAD

Coding & Programming
 IDEs: Integrated Development Environments
NetBeans, Eclipse, IntelliJ, PyCharm
 Text Editors: Visual Studio Code, Atom,
Brackets, NotePad++, Coda, SublimeText
 Command Line: Terminal, Powershell
 Lots of web-based alternatives…

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