MATLAB stands for matrix laboratory. It is a technical computing environment for high performance numeric computation and visualization.MATLAB integrates numeric analysis, matrix computation, signal processing and graphics in an easy to use environment.
There are several toolboxes available from MATLAB. These tool boxes are collections of functions written for special application such as symbolic computation, image processing, statistics and control system design.
In Matrix laboratory there exist 3 major windows which is termed as basic windows as listed below
1. Command window.
2. Graphics or figure window.
3. Editor window.
COMMAND WINDOW
This is the main window It is characterized by the Matlab command prompt’>>’. When you launch an application program, MATLAB puts you in this window, all commands including those for running user written programs are typed in this window at the MATLAB prompt.
GRAPHICS or FIGURE WINDOW
The output of all the graphics commands typed in the command window is flushed to the graphics or figure window. The user can create as many as many figure windows, as the system memory will allow.
EDITOR WINDOW
This is where you write, edit, create, and save your own programs in files called ‘m-files’. MATLAB provides its own built in edit