COB 204 – Ch. 4 - Activity 2
Software Analysis:
Select the appropriate qualities associated with the software (see example on first row).
Software
1) OS
2) Application/System
3) Code Language
1) Proprietary
2) Commercial
3) Open Source
EXAMPL
E:
Windows
10
1
1
MS Word
2
1 and 2
Acrobat
2
1 and 2
Linux
l
3
Apache
2
3
Internet
Explorer
1
1 and 2
Firefox
1
3
Chrome
1
1
Photoshop
2
1 and 2
iOS
1
1
Sierra
1
1
MySQL
2
3
SQL
2
3
Access
3
1 and 2
Excel
2
1 and 2
HTML
3
3
In-Depth Application Software Analysis
Select a piece of software you want to know more about. It can be anything and for any platform
(for a PC, Mac, Linux, mobile system): one of the Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, Access,
PowerPoint, etc.), a game, a video or imaging editing tool, etc.
Research and answer the following questions:
What is the name of the software you are evaluating?
Microsoft Word
