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Aj you leamec in Chi^ner I. jcetware consisu of compuier prowrams thar cnntrol the wotk- issgs of computer hardware. Computer prcgranu are sequences of instrxbons for the compcter. Dcaimentation describes the prrwrair. funaions to heip the user opcrze the computer synem. The prngram displays some dccumentarion on screen. whiie ocher fnrms appear in extertul resources, sudt as prirsted manuals. Peopie using commerciaily arailable software are usuaby askcd tn read and aprer to End-L'ser Luxn se .Apreemenu l'EL'LAsj. After readir* the EL'IA, you normally have to clidt aa ‘I agree' button before you can use the software. whidt can be one of two baac types: systcnu sofrware aod application software.
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Systems softwace is the set of pnt^rants d/sipned to cocrtfinate the acuvitics and fuoaions af the hardware and various pragrams throoghout the croipoter systrm. Each type of systetns uiftware is desijjncd for a stiectfic CPL des^n and das of hardware. Applicatiw: sotrware consisu of pro^rams tftz help uscrs soive pamcuur cnrnputinj prcblenu. In most cases. appliotion softwaae resides oa the cnmpmer's hard disk before it is bruught into the com- puter's mjin memory and run. Applicanon sofrware can alsc be stored nn CDs. DVDs, asd even flash or Irey duin storage dcrices that piu^ into a USB pon. An ioaeasinf amount of application scetware b available on the Web. Somcti mes reserred to as a n/A Inunta tffi- aiaen l WA). a Web-delivered softwaie appiiczion cnmbines hardware resourtas of the Web serser and dte PC to deliver valuable software servkes thraugh a Web browser intertace. Bcfnre a person, [jroup, or enterprise oxides on the bes: a,ppmach for acquirtnp ap>piication software, they shcold analyae their poals and neetds carefully.
Supporting Individual, Group, and Organizational Goals
Evety oroantxat ion reiies on the antribuuons of indivsduak. graups, and the entire enterpnse to achieve business obiearva. To hep them achieve these objearees, the or^antratson pro- vides them with spedfk appiiotioa software and infnonanon systerns. One usefui way of dasnfying the many petesnal uses of infnrnutxin sysrems is to identify the scope of the prcblems ano oppvmunities addresied by a panicular ot^antuiion, cdled the sphere of in- Suence. For moct ccciputies, the spheres of influencr are pcnonal, wnrkproup, and etner- pcise. Tabie 14 dtows bow variou kinds of sofrware support these three spheres.
Information systems that operate witftin the ptnmil iphm »f infbtmct serve the needs of indnidual usen- Thae infonnatian ssttems enable users to improve their perscoal effec- nvenes, mcreasing the amount of work that can be ne and its quality. Such software is often referred to as ftnerulfrwtucnnty ufiwart. For eumple. Mind-Manager software fhxn Mindiet prorides toois to hrip peoplc diagram mciples ideas and prnjeas usin» an intuithr praphic interface.^:r