COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

COMPUTER SOFTWARE

APPLICATION SOFTWARE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Laura needs to use her personal computer to analyze tables of numbers. Which application software would you recommend?
A
word processing
B
database
C
spreadsheet
D
Web browsing
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Option (D) Spreadsheet falls under the category of application software that is used to perform numerical and financial calculations such as recording transactions, drawing charts or graphs of the numerical data, and performing mathematical calculations.

Detailed explanation-2: -Spreadsheet software is a software application capable of organizing, storing and analyzing data in tabular form. The application can provide digital simulation of paper accounting worksheets. They can also have multiple interacting sheets with data represented in text, numeric or in graphic form.

Detailed explanation-3: -Excel. Microsoft Excel is one of the most common software used for data analysis.

Detailed explanation-4: -Operating system (OS) – a software that controls and coordinates the computer hardware devices and runs other software and applications on a computer. It is the main part of system software and a computer will not function without it.

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