Editor software is used to create or modify different types of information, such as plain text, word processing, and multimedia. Plain text editors are built into every operating system, while word processing software has advanced formatting capabilities. Media editors are specialized for audio, video, or images. Conversion software is on the edge of editor software and is often a step in a larger editing process.
Editor software is a general computer term used to describe software that creates or alters different types of information. There are many types of editor software and most have no relation to each other. For example, video editing software and text editing software are both editors, but they have virtually nothing else in common. The most common types of editor software are plain text editors, word processing software, and multimedia editors.
This type of software covers a lot of ground in terms of computing. Almost everything on a computer can be altered in some way. Each of these looks has a specific type of software used to edit it, and each of these programs is aptly called editor software. Even so, most users will only use a handful of different types of editing software in their day-to-day computer experience.
Plain text editor software is built into every computer operating system. These programs allow you to write and save text in a format that does not include additional information. Since there is no additional saved data, the files are very small and can be opened in almost any plain text editor without conversion or loss of formatting. Plain text formats are among the oldest on the Internet; they were common long before graphical user interfaces changed the way people wrote documents.
Word processing software is a more modern way of conveying text. These programs have advanced formatting capabilities and font usage, as well as built-in graphics, tables, and charts. When a word processing editor saves its file, it includes a lot of additional information regarding formatting, font usage, and special data. Because it has so much extra information, the file size is larger than plain text and programs other than the one that saved the file have a hard time opening it.
Media editor software creates or transforms audio, video or images. These types of software are often very specialized with a single program handling a single job. For example, to create a digital video disc (DVD) of home movies, one converter software might take the video from an external source and digitize it for editing, then another would edit it, a different program would create a DVD of the video, and then a final program would do the box art for the record. Each of these programs is an editor for its specific type of media.
The converter software is on the edge of the editor software. An editor software will create or modify something under the complete control of a user. Conversion software will take something and convert it to something else; the user tells the software to convert, but doesn’t actively check the information in the process. Conversion is often a step in a larger editing process. For example, in the example above, the homemade DVD cannot be made without the first conversion step.
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