TAMUC LO 4

1. SPECIALIZED
APPLICATION
SOFTWARE
Texas A&M University Commerce

2. Introduction
 Specialized applications let users perform advanced computing tasks
 Robots provide security and assistance in homes
 Competent end users need to be aware of specialized applications

3. Specialized Applications
 Specialized Application Software is a software that is specially designed for an
individual or company's specific needs. Application software, or more
 commonly known as "Apps", are basic programs for everyday use, such as;
 • Office suites
 • Accounting packages for example spreadsheets
 • Graphics software
 • Media player
 • Enterprise software

4. Web Authoring
 Corporations use the Web to reach new customers
 Many individuals create their own personal sites, called Web logs or blogs, to keep
in touch with friends and family
 Web Site Design
 Web Authoring Programs

5. Web Site Design
 Interactive multimedia form of communication
 Create a graphical map of overall content
 Add multimedia elements like animation
 HTML5 and CSS3

6. Web Authoring Programs
 Known as Web page editors or HTML editors
 Provide support for Web site design
 Creates HTML coding
 Popular programs in the Cloud
 WordPress
 Google Sites
 WIX
 Popular programs
 Visual Studio
 Eclipse
 HTML KIT

7. WYSYWIG
 Short for what you see is what you get. A word-processing or desktop publishing
system in which text is displayed on a monitor exactly as it will be printed.

8. Artificial Intelligence
 Attempts to simulate human senses, thought processes, and actions
 Designed to help people and organizations become more productive
 Three areas of AI
 Virtual reality
 Knowledge-based (expert) systems
 Robotics

9. Virtual Reality and Augmented reality
 Artificial or simulated reality
 Generated in 3-D by a computer
 Commonly known as VR, artificial reality, or virtual environments
 Augmented reality is the integration of digital information with the user's environment in real
time. Unlike virtual reality, which creates a totally artificial environment, augmented reality
uses the existing environment and overlays new information on top of it.

10. Knowledge-Based (Expert) Systems
 Artificial intelligence that uses a database for assistance
 Database is known as a knowledge base
 Many use "fuzzy logic"

11. Robotics
 The field of study concerned with using robots
 Robots are computer-controlled machines
 Mimic the motor activities of living things
 Four types of robots
 Perception system robots
 Industrial robots
 Mobile robots
 Household
robots

12. Questions
 Describe Web authoring, including Web site design and Web authoring programs.
 Discuss three areas of artificial intelligence.