Programming Logic and Design

Question

What application software will you use if you want to prepare the following (include the filename extension of the application software)?

a. Letter

b. Computer for an Inventory

c. Plain text for programming codes

d. Edit pictures

Answer 1

(a) MS Word *.doc, *.docx

Notepad, wordpad: *.dat, *.txt

(b) Lots of database software

MS Access *.mdb

sql server (database filenames in sqlite have no extension)

clarion *.dat

rudimentary databases in MS Excel: *.xls, *.xlsx

(c) depends on the programming language....

C/C++ programming language *.C, *.Cpp

header files: *.h, *.hpp

compiler produces executable *.exe

python : *.py

java *.java which produces class files *.class

basic: *.bas

pascal: *.pas; compiler produces executable *.exe

fortran *.for

(d) PC Paint

bitmap: *.bmp

jpeg : *.jpg

gif or jif

various other picture file formats