Matakuliah
Tahun
Versi
: T0604-Pengantar Teknologi Informasi
: 2008
: 2.0/0.0
Pertemuan 8
Software: Application Software
(Lanjutan)
Sumber:
Chapter 3. Software: Tools for
Productivity and Creativity, p.117
Williams, B.K, Stacy C. Sawyer (2007).
Using Information Technology: A
Practical Introduction to Computers &
Communications. Seventh Edition,
McGraw-Hill, New York. ISBN-13: 978-007-110768-6
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Learning Outcomes
Pada akhir pertemuan ini, diharapkan mahasiswa
akan mampu :
• menjelaskan: software basisdata
(database), dan kegunaan software
khusus (C2)
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Outline Materi
• Database Software
• Specialty Software
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Database Software
• A database is a structured collection of interrelated
files in a computer system with built-in data input
and retrieval methods.
• In databases
– Data redundancy is minimized
– Data is integrated and stored in a structured
fashion
– Data in databases has more integrity than does
data stored in separate files
– Data is organized into tables, records, and fields
– Data may include text, numbers, and graphics
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Database Software
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Database Software
• Database features include
– Linking records using a key
• Tables that contain the same field are linked
together by fields, so the key can be updated just
once
• Key fields can also be used to sort data
– Querying and displaying records
• Offer a quick way to locate records quickly
– Saving, Formatting, Printing, Copying, Transmitting
• Database software allows you to create custom
input forms, custom reports, copy search results
and paste them into Word, print out addresses to
mailing labels, or attach to email
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Specialty Software
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Presentation Graphics
Desktop Publishing
Financial Software
Drawing and Painting Software
Project Management Software
Video-audio Editing Software
Animation Software
Web Page Design Software
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Specialty Software
• Presentation Graphics Software
– Use graphics, animation, sound, data, or
information to make visual presentations
– For example, this presentation
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Design and content templates
Slide sorters
Outline view
Slide view
Notes Page View
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Specialty Software
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Specialty Software
• Financial Software
– Ranges from personal-finance managers to
entry-level accounting programs to business
financial-management packages
– Common features
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Track income and expenses
Allow checkbook management
Do financial reporting
Offer tax categories to assist with tax
recordkeeping
• May also offer financial-planning and portfoliomanagement features
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Specialty Software
• Desktop Publishing
– Involves mixing text and graphics to produce
high-quality output for commercial printing
– Uses a mouse, scanner, printer, and DTP
software
– Has the following features
• Mix of text with graphics
• Offers varied type and layout styles
• Allows import of files from other programs
• Drawing programs
– Graphics software used to design and
illustrate objects and products
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Specialty Software
• Painting programs
– Graphics programs that allow users to simulate painting
on-screen
– Produce bit-mapped or raster images
– Also called image-editing software
• Graphics file formats
• .bmp (bit-map)
• .gif (Graphic Interchange Format) – copyrighted format used
in web pages
• .jpeg (Joint Photographic Experts Group)- high-resolution
• .tiff (Tagged Image File Formats) – PC and Macs for highresolution images to print
• .png (Portable Network Graphics) – public domain alternative
to gif
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Specialty Software
• Video editing software
– Allows import to and editing of video footage on
PC
– Video editing examples include Adobe Premiere,
Sony Pictures Digital Vegas, Apple Final Cut
Express, Pinnacle Studio DV, and Ulead
VideoStudio
• Audio editing software
– Allows import to and editing of sound files on PC
– Sound editing examples include Windows Sound
Recorder, Sony Pictures Digital Sound Forge,
Audacity (freeware), Felt Tip Software’s Sound
Studio (shareware), GoldWave, and WavePad.
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Specialty Software
• Animation Software
– Simulates movement by rapidly displaying a series
of still pictures, or frames
– GIF is the first format to catch on
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Specialty Software
• Multimedia Authoring Software
– Combines text, graphics, video, animation,
and sound in an integrated way to create
stand-alone multimedia applications
– Requires fast computer, lots of memory, and
good, fast graphics card
– Macromedia Director and Macromedia
Authorware are popular examples
• Web Page Design Software
– Used to create web pages with sophisticated
multimedia features
– Not required to create simple web pages
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Specialty Software
• Project Management Software
– A program used to plan and schedule the people,
costs, and resources required to complete a project
on time
• Shows project broken down into steps and tasks
• Each task has a beginning and end date
• Tasks can be scheduled concurrently or consecutively
• Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
– Programs intended for design of products, structures,
civil engineering drawings, and maps
• Provide precise dimensioning and positioning of design elements
• Examples include AutoCAD, ProEngineer, CorelCAD, CATIA
• To see an example, go to http://www.3ds.com/flashgallery/discover3d-xml/ for CATIA
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Kesimpulan
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