Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology Software Engineering Department Fall 2019 Introduction To Computing (Swe-105T) Assignment # 02

SIR SYED UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

Fall 2019
INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTING (SWE-105T)
ASSIGNMENT # 02
Semester: I Batch: 2019
Due Date : 15th December Max Marks:05
Instructions:
 Attempt all questions.
Q1) Multiple type of software are available now a days, support your answer with daily
live example of RETAIL, OPEN SOURCE & PUBLIC DOMAIN one’s?
ANSWER:
There are multiple types of software available now days. For example Retail (POS) software,
OPEN SOURCE & PUBLIC DOMAIN software.
 RETAIL SOFTWARE (POS):
Retail software is used by both small, medium, and large businesses. Retailing
software is based on both Installation and SaaS. It is primarily designed for Point of Sale
(POS), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Inventory Management and Retail
Accounting.
For EXAMSPLE: CHECPOS, EZIPOS, UNI RETAIL
 OPEN SOURCE:
Open-source software is a type of computer software in which the source code is
published under a license under which the copyright holder gives users the freedom to
use, review, modify and distribute the software to everyone and for any reason.
FOR EXAMPLE: LINUX OPERATING SYSTEM, FIREFOX BROWSER ,
ANDROID OS BY GOOGLE
 PUBLIC DOMAIN:
Public domain software is any software that does not have any legal, copyright or editing
limitations associated with it. It is free and open-source software that can be freely
updated, distributed, or sold without restrictions.
SQLite, and CERN httpd are examples of these software.
Q2) How you find Personal Interest Applications and Communication Applications are
different from each other, explain with help of some applications example?
ANSWER:
PERSONAL INTEREST APPS COMMUNICATION APPS

Lifestylists, medical, entertainment, These are the application which we use
Education apps and travel app which are for communication with people and
made for our personal use and interest are sometimes with whole organization.
called personal interest applications. Apps like WhatsApp, messenger,
They are mostly free and few of them are Instagram etc. enables us to communicate
quite inexpensive. Fitness app which with others even if we are far away from
belongs to the category of lifestyle, it can each other,
acts as our personal fitness trainer for Communication services like video
example Home workout, google fit etc. calling , voice calling , chatting are
Examples: Wikipedia app, better help etc provided by these applications.
Q3) Why disk defragmenter is necessary in Hard Drive or in Optical Drives?

ANSWER:
The defragmenter will search for your hard drive partition and move the
data from one location to another so that the stored files are not spread across the hard
drive partition. It is necessary because if its not done on the regularly basis our computer
may run slow and will take a lot time to start up and if the disk is fragmented it will get
froze and won’t start at all.
The defragmenter will speed up our desktop or laptop, if defragging is
done by it regularly.
Q4) What kind of tools Operating System provides to manage computer or other
devices?
discuss any 2 tools.
ANSWER:
Operating systems provides variety of tools to manages our computer and other like for
Device manager , Users and groups , Performance monitor , Task scheduler , Task Manager.
We will be discussing about device manager and task manager as they are the most common ones.
 DEVICE MANAGER:
The software is shown on the device manager tray or administrative window when
external hardware is attached to the computer. The hardware can be different, such as
printers, ported devices such as a pen drive, a tablet or a mobile computer, a mouse and a
keypad or even a camera. The computer typically detects the system driver and installs the
driver instantly and automatically. However certain devices, such as modems or a
networking system, must be mounted separately. And the system is often added manually
from the device management tool choice add. When the device is shown in the Device
Administrator window, you can customize the device or even repair the device.
 TASK MANAGER:
The Task Manager for all Microsoft Windows versions since Windows NT 4.0 and Windows
2000 is an operating system component. You can display each task (process) and the overall
machine output. You can see how much memory a program requires by using the Task Manager,
stop a frozen program and view the device resources available.
Q5) How many types of Desktop OS exists till today, why desktop and mobile OS are
different from each other?
ANSWER:
There are variety of operating systems which exist today but the common ones
are windows, mackintosh , Linux , Unix etc.
DESKTOP OPERATING SYSTEM MOBILE OPERATING SYSTEM

Desktop OS are based on x64 bit or x32 Whereas mobile OS use ARM structure.
or x86 bit structure
Power saving are secondary in Desktop Power Saving is Necessary in mobile
OS. OS for less consumption.
The Ui is made for bigger screen Compared to the ui of the Desktop Os
devices like computer, laptop and tablets its small.
A desktop OS typically allows Another huge difference is that a mobile
programs, for example, to retain OS has systems in place to order apps to
memory use until the device is too slow return machine funds and destroy
to use because this is not normal (unless someone who does not comply.
you are like me and like to run a lot of
big things at once).
Desktop operating systems are more Mobile OS are weaker but they are
powerful than mobile devices. Operating gaining the strength day by day
systems will make things simpler.
Q6) .com, .org, .edu, .gov, .pk, .net stands for?

ANSWER:
.com = . commercial
.org = . organization
.edu =. education
.pk =. Pakistan
.gov =. government
.net =. network
Q7) What are Internet Services? Discuss Internet Messaging and VoIP.
ANSWER:
Internet service provides a means of transferring data on your computer from
internet servers. An Internet service provider is an Internet service provider. There was a
mistake. Call, DSL, cable and wireless services are among the most common ways of
connecting to the Internet.
 INTERNET MESSAGING:
Form of textual communication in which two people talk in one conversatio
n n an Internet chat room on their own computers or on their mobile devices.
Google Talk (commonly called Google Chat), Slack, Jabber, Spark, and many
other examples of widely used IM services are.
 VOIP:
VoIP is the technology which converts your voice into a digital signal that allows
you to make a phone, computer, VoIP, or other data-driven call directly from your
computer. There was a mistake. You can also hear what is referred to as IP, internet,
broadband, or broadband telephony.

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SIR SYED UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

PERSONAL INTEREST APPS COMMUNICATION APPS

Q3) Why disk defragmenter is necessary in Hard Drive or in Optical Drives?

DESKTOP OPERATING SYSTEM MOBILE OPERATING SYSTEM

Q6) .com, .org, .edu, .gov, .pk, .net stands for?

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