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Professional Terms
專業(yè)術(shù)語
budget n.
預(yù)算
calculate v.
計(jì)算，推測(cè)
poultry n.
愛禽，雞類
temperature vt.
溫度
update vt.
適時(shí)修改，更新
Application software
應(yīng)用軟件
Any instructions or collection of related programs designed to be carried out by a computer to satisfy a user's specific needs are applications software.
為了滿足某一用戶具體需要而設(shè)計(jì)的，由計(jì)算機(jī)執(zhí)行的任何一些指令或一些相互關(guān)聯(lián)的軟件的總合，均稱為應(yīng)用軟件。
A group of programs written to perform payroll processing is one type of applications softwre.
為完成工資單的數(shù)據(jù)處理而編寫的一套程序就屬于應(yīng)用軟件的一種。
as are programs written to maintain personnel records, update an inventory system, help you calculate a budge.
還有那些專為保管個(gè)人檔案資料、用來不斷更新庫存系統(tǒng)、協(xié)助你做預(yù)算，
or monitor the incubation temperatures at your poultry farm.
或者監(jiān)控家禽養(yǎng)殖孵化溫度等而編寫的程序，也都是應(yīng)用軟件。
Applications software can be purchased "off the shelf". or written.
應(yīng)用軟件可以購(gòu)買市場(chǎng)上現(xiàn)成的，
or it can be written to order by qualified programmers.
也可預(yù)先約請(qǐng)合格的程序編寫人員編寫。
If for example, a company's payroll processing requirements are fairly routine.
例如，如果某一個(gè)公司工資單的數(shù)據(jù)處理要求相當(dāng)平常，
it can probably purchase one or more payroll applications software programs off the shelf to handle the job.
那就可以買一個(gè)或多個(gè)市場(chǎng)上流行的工資單應(yīng)用軟件程序，來完成這項(xiàng)工作。
However, if a company has unique payroll requirements,
但是，如果某個(gè)公司有獨(dú)特的工資單要求，
such as a need to handle the records of hourly employees, salaried employees, and commissioned employees,
例如它需要計(jì)算小時(shí)工的、一般工薪人員的和委任的官員們的工資單，
the off-the-shelf software may not be satisfactory.
那么，市場(chǎng)上流行的軟件就不能滿足這些要求。
It may be more cost-effective to have the payroll programs written to exact specifictions.
這時(shí)，約請(qǐng)專人編寫合乎確切要求的工資單程序所花的費(fèi)用，
than to try to modify off-the-shelf programs to do something they were never intended to do.,
就可能會(huì)比通過現(xiàn)行程序，而使它能勝任過去從未做過的事，要更便宜一些。
