Specialized Application Software

Audio Editing Software

Create – With an easy to use basic program, even an amateur can create unique music mixes for an internet radio station, website, PowerPoint presentation or for personal use.

Record – Through a compatible program, you can record your favorite podcasts, internet radio stations and other types of streaming audio. You can also pull audio from a video or audio file, CDs, DVDs or even your sound card, so that you can edit and listen to it on your computer or a portable device.

Convert – Most programs can convert file formats. For example, from a MIDI to a MP3, WMA, WAV or OGG file.

Restore – Advanced filters and other devices can restore the sound of aged LPs or damaged audio recordings. These filters can also be used for forensics to filter out background noises, static or other noise.

Edit – This type of software includes many editing tools, including cut and paste options and the ability to edit tag or media information.

Bitmap Image

*A bitmap is one of many types of file formats for images stored in a computerized form. It carries the extension .BMP. Computers use bits of 1 and 0 to store data. A bitmap is literally a map of bits that form a particular picture when rendered to a display like a computer monitor. 

HTML editor

*Also called an authoring tool, an HTML editor is a software program that inserts HTML code as you create a HTML file. Some editors will provide a word processing GUI enabling users to create HTML documents without knowing any HTML code.

Multimedia

*The use of computers to present text, graphics, video, animation, and sound in an integrated way. Long touted as the future revolution in computing, multimedia applications were, until the mid-90s, uncommon due to the expensive hardware required. With increases in performance and decreases in price, however, multimedia is now commonplace. Nearly all PCs are capable of displaying video, though the resolution available depends on the power of the computer's video adapter and CPU.

Vector Image

*Vector images are a collection of individual objects rather than picture elements. A vector image can be composed of points connected by lines, or nodes (control points) connected by Bezier curves

Web Authoring

*A category of software that enables the user to develop a Web site in a desktop publishing format. The software will generate the required HTML coding for the layout of the Web pages based on what the user designs. Typically, the user can toggle back and forth between the graphical design and the HTML code and make changes to the Web page in either the design of the accompanying code.

* To design and create a Web site, from writing the site's underlying code to writing the text to managing the site's upkeep.