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(Computer Software)

(System Software)
(Application Software)

(Operating System – OS)

(Device Driver or Software Driver)
(Utility Program)

(Customized Program)
(Package Software)

CP/M


o Disk Defragmentation o Sort-Merge Program

o File Handler o Library Program
o Anti-virus Software o Linker Program

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 Word Processing Software

Microsoft Word
Word Perfect (WP) Notepad
Word Star Word Pad
PFS Write Latex
Display Writer Mac Write
Dox Writer Lotus Word pro

 Spreadsheet Analysis Software

VisiCalc
MS Excel
Corel QuatroPro Lotus 1-2-3
Super Calc Calc
Sorcim Symphony
Numbers Multiplan

 Business Intelligence Tools: Spreadsheets, Reporting and querying software,

OLAP (Online analytical processing), Digital Dashboards, Data mining, Data
warehousing, Local information systems.
 Database Management Software: Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server,
ORACLE, Corel Paradox, Lotus Approach, D-Base, Fox Pro, File Maker Pro, Fourth
Dimension (4D)
(RDBMS)।
 CAD (Computer Aided Design/Drafting):

 Graphics Software:
Examples: Adobe Photoshop, Corel Draw etc.
 Desktop Publications Software:
Examples: Quark Xpress, Adobe Page Maker, Adobe Acrobat etc.
 Web Browsing Software:
Examples: Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, Opera,
Netscape Navigator etc.

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 Mail User Agent/E-mail Client/E-mail Reader:

Examples: Netscape Messenger, Mozilla Thunderbird, Eudora, Microsoft Outlook

Express, K-mail, IBM Lotus Notes etc.
 Presentation Software:
Examples: Microsoft PowerPoint, Corel Presentation, Impress, Macromedia flash,
Harvard Graphics, Freelance Graphics etc.
 Multimedia Software:

Examples: Windows Media Player, Adobe Flash, Jet Audio Player etc.

(App’s): Application Software

 Messenger
 What’s App: (Jan Koum) (Brain
Acton)
 Viber:
 Line:
 IMO
 Tango: Uri Raz Eric Setton

 Portable Software

(Operating System)
User Interface:

Resource Management:

Security:

Task Management:

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File Management:
Manipulation

Networking:

Utilities:

MS DOS PC DOS MS Windows Mac OS Sun solaries

Linux MS Windows NT Unix XENIX Be OS
Android Symbian OS/2 AIX

MS DOS PC
DOS




(MAC OS)

MAC OS



UNIX:





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LINUX:


Windows
Windows 95

Windows 98

Windows NT/2000 Server

New
Technology.

Windows XP
XP eXPerience.

Windows Vista

Windows 7

Windows 8

Windows 10

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Character User Interface (CUI) Operating System:

(Text Based OS)

(Command Based OS) MS-DOS, PC-DOS, UNIX, LINUX
Graphical User Interface (GUI) Operating System:

(Icon)

Windows (95/98/XP/Vista/7), Mac OS

Single User Operating System: Single Tasking Operating System

CP/M, Android, Symbian OS, Palm OS, MS-DOS, PC-DOS, Windows 95/98
Multi User Operating System:

Windows NT Server, Windows 2003/2008 Server, UNIX, LINUX

Open Source Operating System: Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, Redhat, Fedora, SUSE etc.),
OpenSolaris, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, ReactOS, Haiku, GNU HURD, eCos, Darwin,
Oberon, Plan 9
Closed Source or Proprietary Operating System:

Microsoft Corporation Windows 95/98/XP/Vista/7

Apple Computer Mac OS X
IBS AIX-UNIX
Hewlett-Packard (HP) HP-UNIX
Sun Microsystem Solaris

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(Single Processing Operating System):

- MS-DOS, PC-DOS, Windows 95/98/XP/Vista, CP/M, Palm OS, Android, Symbian

OS
(Multi-Processing Operating System):

LINUX, UNIX, Windows NT/2000/2008 Server

Firmware:

ROM BIOS

BIOS & Booting: BIOS Basic Input Output System. System BIOS, ROM BIOS, PC
BIOS Firmware Chip
BIOS. BIOS Boot PC
Input Device, Output Device Firmware. Boot
BIOS. BIOS Boot
Power On Self Test (POST)
Bootstrap Loader Operating System

Bootable Media

Booting.

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Ctrl + Alt + Delete three-finger salute

Safe Mode:

Repair Mode:

(Windows)
 Windows 95 Start Menu Start Button
 My Documents
Downloads, My Picture, My Video, My Music
Control Panel:
Add Hardware, Add or Remove Programs, Taskbar & Start Menu, User Accounts,
Accessibility Options, Fonts
My Documents, My Computer, Control Panel
C:/
Recycle Bin: Shift + Delete

Hard Disk Formatting:

N
windows Search Option N.doc

Utility Program
Disk Defragmentation:
Defrag Defragmenter

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Computer VIRUS:
(VIRUS) ‘Vital Information Resources Under Seize’
(Frederick Cohen)

(Creeper Virus)।

CIH

Koobface
(Conficker)

CryptoLocker I LOVE YOU MyDoom

Storm Worm Sasser & Netsky Anna Kournikova
Slammer Stuxnet Creeper
ELK Cloner The Morris Worm Code Red
NIMDA Blaster WELCHIA
Koobface Conficker CIH (Chernobyl)

McAfee AVG Norton

AVIRA Kaspersky Symantec
Microsoft Security Essential ESET NOD 32 Panda
AVAST Bitdefender PC Tools
Zone Alarm Cobra PC Cillin
MS Word
Document
To Move To Key To Move To Key
 
 
Ctrl +  Ctrl + 
Home End
Ctrl +  Ctrl + 
Page Up Page Down
Ctrl + Page Up Ctrl + Page Down
Ctrl + Home Ctrl + End

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 Copy Clipboard

o Edit Find
o Ctrl + F

o Edit Replace
o Ctrl + H
 (Editing)

o Tools Spelling and Grammar
o F7

(Mail Merge):

(Superscript): Ctrl + Shift + (+) (X2)

(Subscript): Ctrl + (+) (X2)

Times New Roman Arial Bookman Old Style Corsiva

Courier New Garamond Impact Monotype

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J Shift + J
B Shift + B
L G+
+G+
Alt + Ctrl + B
G
(Bangla Font):

(AdarshaLipi) (Anandapatra) (Basundhara)

(Chandrabati) (Ekush) (Ekushe)
(Falgun) (Karnaphuli) (Lipi)
(Lekhani) (Modhumati) (Rinkiy)
(Sulekha) (Saroda) (Susrhree)
(Siyam Rupali)
(Sutonny MJ)

Worksheet:
(Row):
(Column):
(Cell):
D 14 D14।
‘$’ (Dollar) $D$14
(Range Name): C1 C7 = C1:C7
(Function): D1, D2, D3, D4, D5
=D1+D2+D3+D4+D5 =Sum(D1:D5)
=Sum(D1:D5)
Different Types of Function:
Database Functions Text Functions
Financial Functions Logical Functions
Mathematical Functions Information Functions
Statistical Functions Date & Time Functions
Lookup & Reference Functions
Sum Sum =Sum (Range) or =Sum (List)
Average Average =Average (Range) or =Average (List)

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Max Max =Max (Range) or =Max (List)

Min Min =Min (Range) or =Min (List)
Product Product =Product (Range) or =Product (List)
ABS ABS = ABS (-25)
SQRT SQRT =SQRT (25)
Logical Logical =If (Condition, x, y)
Mod Mod =Mod (Number, Devisor)। Number
Devisor

A2 Pass Fail
=IF(A2>33,’Pass’,’Fail’)
E5
=IF(E5<20000,E5*10%,E5*20%)
A5
=IF(A5<>20000,B5*10%,B5*20%)

(Data Sort):
1. Ascending Order (A,B,C,D,……. Or, 1,2,3,4,……..)
2. Descending Order (……..,D,C,B,A Or, ……….,4,3,2,1)
(Chart) (Graph):

Column Graph Bar Graph

Pie Graph Line Graph
XY Graph Area Graph
Radar Graph Doughnut Graph
Surface Graph Bubble Graph
Stock Graph Cylinder Graph
Cone Graph Pyramid Graph

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(Create New Slide): Insert New Slide

Ctrl + M
(Slide Show): Slide Show  View
Show F5
(End Slide Show):
End Show S

(Computer File)
(File System):
FAT NTFS
FAT File System (FAT):
FAT
FAT
FAT read-only, hidden, system archive
FAT FAT12, FAT16 FAT32
FAT12: FAT

FAT16: MS-DOS 4.0 Windows 95

FAT32: FAT

The New Technology File System (NTFS):

Microsoft’s Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows
2000 Windows NT Operating Systems

Transaction Track File Encryption File Encryption

Windows FAT16, FAT32 NTFS File Systems NTFS FAT16

FAT32 Advanced Storage Compression, Improved Security
Larger Partitions File Sizes.

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File Extension
Text Files Extension:
.doc Microsoft Word Document
.docx Microsoft Word Open XML Document
.log Log File
.msg Outlook Mail Message
.odt Open Document Text Document
.pages Pages Document
.rtf Rich Text Format File
.text LaTeX Source Document
.txt Plain Text File
.wpd Word Perfect Document
.wps Microsoft Works Word Processor Document

Data File Extension:

.azw Amazon Kindle eBook File .key Keynote Presentation
.csv Comma Separated Values File .ppt PowerPoint Presentation
.dat Data File .pps PowerPoint Slide Show
.efx eFax Document .pptx PowerPoint Open XML Presentation
.epub Open eBook File .sdf Standard Data File
.gbr Gerber File .tar Consolidated Unix File Archive
.ged GEDCOM Genealogy Data File .vcf vCard File
.ibook Multi-Touch iBook .xml XML File

Audio (Sound) File Extension:

.aif Audio Interchange File Format .mp3 MP3 Audio File
.iff Interchange File Format .mpa MPEG-2 Audio File
.m3u Media Playlist File .ra Real Audio File
.m4a MPEG-4 Audio File .wav WAVE Audio File
.mid MIDI File .wma Windows Media Audio File

Video File Extension:

.3g2 3GPP2 Multimedia File .mp4 MPEG-4 Video File
.3gp 3GPP Multimedia File .mpg MPEG Video File
.asf Advanced Systems Format File .rm Real Media File
.asx Microsoft ASF Redirector File .srt SubRip Subtitle File
.avi Audio Video Interleave File .swf Shockwave Flash Movie
.flv Flash Video File .vob DVD Video Object File
.mov Apple Quick Time Movie .wmv Windows Media Video File

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3D Image File Extension:

.3dm Rhino 3D Model .max 3ds Max Scene File
.3ds 3D Studio Scene .obj Wave Front 3D Object File

Roster Image File Extension:

.bmp Bitmap Image File .psd Adobe Photoshop Document
.dds Direct Draw Surface .pspimage Paint Shop Pro Image
.dng Digital Negative Image File .tga Targa Graphics
.gif Graphical Interchange Format File .thm Thumbnail Image File
.jpg
JPEG Image .tif Tagged Image File
.jpeg
.png Portable Network Graphics .yuv YUV Encoded Image File

Vector Image File Extension:

.ai Adobe Illustrator File .ps PostScript File
.eps Encapsulated PostScript File .svg Scalable Vector Graphics File

Spreadsheet File Extension:

.xlr Works Spreadsheet
.xls Excel Spreadsheet
.xlsx Microsoft Excel Open XML Spreadsheet

Database File Extension:

.db Database File .pdb Program Database
.dbf Database File .sql Structured Query Language Data File
.mdb Microsoft Access Database

Executable File Extension:

.apk Android Package File .gadget Windows Gadget
.app Mac OS X Application .jar Java Archive File
.bat DOS Batch File .pif Program Information File
.cgi Common Gateway Interface Script .vb VBScript File
.com DOS Command File .wsf Windows Script File
.exe Windows Executable File

Game File Extension:

.dem Video Game Demo File .rom N64 Game ROM File
.gam Saved Game File .sav Saved Game
.nes Nistendo (NES) ROM File

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CAD File Extension:

.dwg AutoCAD Drawing Database File
.dxf Drawing Exchange Format File

Web File Extension:

.asp Active Server Page .html Hypertext Markup Language File
.aspx Active Server Page Extended File .js JavaScript File
.cer Internet Security Certificate .jsp JavaScript Page
.cfm Cold Fusion Markup File .php PHP Source Code File
.csr Certificate Signing Request File .rss Rich Site Summary
.css Cascading Style Sheet .xhtml Extensible Hypertext Markup Language File
.htm Hypertext Markup Language File

Plugin File Extension:

.crx Chrome Extension
.plugin Mac OS-X Plugin

Page Layout File Extension:

.indd Adobe InDesign Document
.pct Picture File
.pdf Portable Document Format File
Font File Extension:
.df Bitmap Distribution Format .otf Open Type Font
.fnt Windows Font File .ttf True Type Font
.fon Generic Font File .ttc True Type Font Collection

System File Extension:

.cab Windows Cabinet File .icns Mac OS-X Icon Resource File
.cpl Windows Control Panel Item .ico Icon File
.cur Windows Cursor .lnk Windows File Shortcut
.dll Dynamic Link Library .sys Windows System File
.dmp Windows Memory Dump .ini, .inf System File
.drv Device Driver

Setting File Extension:

.cfg Configuration File
.prf Outlook Profile File

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Compressed File Extension:

.7z 7-Zip Compressed File .rpm Red Hat Package Manager File
.cbr Comic Book RAR Archive .sit Stuffit Archive
.deb Debian Software Package .sitx Stuffit X Archive
.gz GNU Zipped Archived .tar, .gz Compressed Tarball File
.pkg Mac OS-X Installer Package .zip Zipped File
.rar WinRAR Compressed Archived .zipx Extended Zip File

Backup File Extension:

.bak Backup File
.tmp Temporary Files

File Compression Software:

WinZip NCH Express Zip WinRAR
ALZip Stuffit BitZipper
WinAce TurboZip Express

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