INTRODUCTION

OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE is a computer software for which the human-readable source code
is made available under a copyright license or arrangement such as the public domain that meets
the Open Source Definition.

HARDWARE is the physical part of a computer, including its digital circuitry, as distinguished
from the computer software that executes within the hardware.

SOFTWARE is a program which consists of a set of instruction that tells the computer how to
perform a specific operation.

LATEST OPEN SOURCE OPERATING SYSTEM (OS)

OPEN SOURCE OS is a set of programs that coordinates all the activities among the computer
hardware devices.

EXAMPLES OF OPERATING SYSTEM

Windows VISTA, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows 98, and Windows 95,
Linux, FreeBSD, Apache, PHP, KDE, Mac OS X and Unix.
WINDOWS XP can be used for any computers.
MAC OS X can only be used for APPLE `s computers.

LATEST OPEN SOURCE APPLICATION SOFTWARE

OPEN SOURCE APPLICATION SOFTWARE

All programs that perform specific tasks for users, which include word processing, spreadsheet,
database, presentation e-Mail and Web browser software.
EXAMPLES OF OPEN SOURCE APPLICATION SOFTWARE
Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Express, Microsoft Power Point, Microsoft Access,
Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft InfoPath, and Internet Explorer.
MICROSOFT WORD is used for usual writing and writing work.
MICROSOFT POWERPOINT is used for presentation usually use at school or office.
INTERNET EXPLORER is used to explore the internet.

LATEST DEVELOPMENT IN ICT

HARDWARE
1) CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU)
Perform most of the calculation which enable a computer to function, sometimes referred to
as the ‘brain’ of the computer.

SOFTWARE
1) WORD PROCESSING
Enable users to create, edit, format and print textual document.
2) PRESENTATION
Allow users to create visual aid for presentations to communicate ideas, informations to a
group.
3) GRAPHICS EDITING
Can edit digital representations or non-text information such as photograph.

EXAMPLES
Microsoft Office, Appleworks.
PERVASIVE COMPUTING

PERVASIVE COMPUTING - The trend towards increasingly ubiquitous (another name for the
movement is ubiquitous computing), connected computing devices in the environment, a trend
being brought about by a convergence of advanced electronic - and particularly, wireless -
technologies and the Internet.

EXAMPLES OF PERVASIVE COMPUTING

Touch `n Go SmartTags TOLL GATE – Use to tell us the price of our vehicles when we pass
through the toll gate.
3G PHONE – Use to see the people that we call / call us using video call.

CONCLUSION
Open source highlights that the source code is viewable to all and proponents of the term usually
emphasize the quality of the software and how this is caused by the development models which
are possible and popular among free and open source software projects.

REFERENCES
1) Mohammad Farid B Azhar.
2) Mohammad Zulhusni Bin Aziz.
3) Parthibaruban A/L Kumar.
4) http://search.yahoo/search?=pervasive
5) http://searchnet working.techtarget.com/s Defination/o…