Saturday, 22 October 2016

Teaching with the basic three Software Tools: Word Processing, Spreaadsheet, and Dtaabase Programs

Module 4: Instructional Software

Cells:   A cell is a specific location within a spreadsheet and is defined by the intersection of a row and column.

Computer Platforms:  is in the most general sense, whatever a pre-existing piece of computer software or code object is designed to run within, obeying its constraints, and making use of its facilities.

Data Mining:  the practice of examining large databases in order to generate new information.

Date Warehouses: is a system used for reporting and data analysis.

Databases:  is an organized collection of data. It is the collection of schemas, tables, queries, reports, views and other objects.

Disaggregation: to separate into its component parts.

Field: is an area in a fixed or known location in a unit of data such as a record, message header, or computer instruction that has a purpose and usually a fixed size. In some contexts, a field can be subdivided into smaller fields.

Files: is a resource for storing information, which is available to a computer program and is usually based on some kind of durable storage.

Formulas: A special type of equation that shows the relationship between different variables.

Integrated Packages: is a group of applications that is one that consists of a number of distinct applications.


Record: a thing constituting a piece of evidence about the past, especially an account of an act or occurrence kept in writing or some other permanent form.

Search and Replace: is a capability that allows a computer user to find a given sequence of character s in one or more text file s and, if desired, replace the sequence with another sequence of characters. A global search-and-replace means that the replace is to take effect in all files within the context of the search.

Software Suites: a set of programs with a uniform design and the ability to share data.

Spreadsheets: is an interactive computer application for organization, analysis and storage of data in tabular form.

Worksheets: a paper for recording work done or in progress.

 

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