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The operating system – the main program controlling operation of the computer.
– a thing very uneasy, and it is possible to tell the personal computer about its device a lot of the interesting. It is possible to tell also a lot of interesting about any application which is applied in personal computers. But nevertheless
Speech now will go about the most important computer program – DOS.
The matter is that the personal computer is arranged all the same slightly more difficult, than the TV, and, therefore, handle of all devices of which the computer system consists, the special program fulfils. This special program
Is in each computer and is named as the disk operating system or DOS.
It has appeared almost simultaneously with personal computers of type of IBM PC.
Thanks to DOS, in one computer it is possible to use absolutely different applications as DOS equally easily controls all difficult devices of the computer. Thanks to the operating system applications became less difficult and more convenient in operation, and all of them co-operate with the computer equally. Here therefore DOS is available today practically in everyone
The personal computer. It is considered that now different versions of DOS are used almost in 100 million personal computers all over the world.

Programs for operation with texts.

Text editors and publishing systems are programs for a set, editing and preparation for printing any documents from small notices or the contract on one page to the multivolume encyclopaedia or a colour illustrated magazine.
Spell checkers are intended for rise of literacy of released books, newspapers and other issuings.
There are translation programs - from English, German, French and other languages on Russian and is return.
Programs-dictionaries give not only a written translation of the entered words, but also oral that facilitates understanding and assimilation of words written on a foreign language.
Thanks to pattern recognition programs it is possible to use the scanner for input not only pictures, but also texts.

Text editors (MS Word, the Lexicon, the Word and Business).
Publishing systems (Corel Ventura, Page Maker).
Translators (Stylus).
Dictionaries (Lingvo)

Programs for operation with a drawing.

Programs for operation with a drawing are intended for creation of graphics objects, cartoon films, videoclips and other animation objects.

Graphics editors (Photoshop, Corel Draw, Paintbrush).
Animators (Alias Power Animator).
Programs for processing 3d schedules (3d Studio).
Programs for video processing.

Musical editors.

There are the programs allowing most to write the music, to edit already written tunes. Programs-mixers allow to regulate therein loudness and a stereo balance on each sound channel, some tracks allow to make imposing of one tune on another.

Editors (Scream Tracker).
Players (Jet Audio).

Programs for office-work.

There are the programs, allowing to create a DB, to edit a DB, to fulfil various operations in a DB. These programs are named database management systems (DBMS).
Programs which allow to automate calculations over the data presented in the form of rectangular tables, are named as spreadsheets.
Separate extensive class of software products - financial, bank, accounting programs, programs for conducting office documentation, the program of planning of the financial, commercial and industrial activity, intended in the great bulk for people specialising in economic activities.

Database management systems (FoxPro, Clipper, Access).
Spreadsheets (Lotus 1-2-3, Excel MS).
Accounting (1C: accounts department).
Mathematical (MathLab).
Designer (AutoCAD).