- Come up with your own definition of software. Explain the key terms in your definition.
- What are the functions of the operating system?
- Which of the following are operating systems and which are applications: Microsoft Excel,Google Chrome, iTunes, Windows, Android, Angry Birds.
- What is your favorite software application? What tasks does it help you accomplish?
- What is a “killer” app? What was the killer app for the PC?
- How would you categorize the software that runs on mobile devices? Break down these apps
into at least three basic categories and give an example of each.
- Explain what an ERP system does.
- What is open-source software? How does it differ from closed-source software? Give an
example of each.
- What does a software license grant?
- How did the Y2K (year 2000) problem affect the sales of ERP systems?