MATLAB stands for "MATrix LABoratory" which is an interactive, matrix-based

computer program for scientific and engineering numeric computation and visualization. It
intended to provide easy access to the matrix libraries developed by Linpack and Eispack
projects. These are carefully tested high-quality programming packages for solving linear
equations and eigen value problems. MATLAB will be used extensively in the labs of "Signals
and Systems" and "Digital Signal Processing" courses. The aim of Matlab is to enable us to solve
complex numerical problems, without having to write programs in traditional languages like C
and Fortran. 

By using the relatively simple programming capability of Matlab, it is very easy to create
new commands and functions in Matlab. In addition, these developed Matlab programs (or
scripts) can run without modification on different computers with Matlab. Today, Matlab has
evolved into a very powerful programming environment by providing numerous toolboxes such
as signal processing, image processing, controls, optimization, and statistics computations.
MATLAB is a high performance language for technical computing. It integrates computation,
visualization, and programming in an easy to use environment where problems and solutions are
expressed in familiar mathematical notation.

Typical uses include 

1. Math and computation

2. Algorithm development
3. Data acquisition
4. Modeling, simulation, prototyping
5. Data analysis
6. Scientific and engineering graphics
When working with images in MATLAB, there  are many things to keep in mind such as loading
an image, using the right format, saving the data as different types,how to display an image,
conversion between different image formats, etc. MATLAB presents some of the commands
designed