Communications (an electronic
telephone).
Lets you
connect your computer
to another
computer
(by
purchasing
a
modem)
and com-
municate over
a telephone
line.
A
popular
use
of this is
to
receive information
from
a
large
computer
network such as:
•
CompuServe®,
which connects
you
to news-
papers such as the New York Times and
Washington Post,
•
Dow Jones News/Retrieval®, which gives
you
daily information on the New York
Stock
Exchange.
•
A bulletin board service, which lets
you
share
information
with
other people,
on a local or
national basis.
•
Data
base
services, which
offer
large
amounts of information on
a
given
subject.
(Your computer has its
own
communication
program that
you
can immediately begin us-
ing.
It is the TRSDOS COMM command,
which we'll talk about later.)
General Accounting. Performs
the
routine
accounting procedures required in most of-
fices: payroll, accounts
payable, accounts
re-
ceivable, general ledger, and inventory.
Education. Teaches by asking questions and
giving immediate
feedback on the answers.
Personal.
Assists you in managing your home
and
finances,
and lets you play electronic
games.
Specialized.
Performs
the tasks required
by a
specialized
group. Examples are real
estate
and
agricultural
programs.
For
added possibilities, many new programs
accept
information from
another program. For
example,
a
word processing program might let
you use information that you stored with
a
data base management program.
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