Application Software - Program that designed to make users more productive
- To make business activities more efficient
- To assist with graphics or multimedia projects
- To support home , personal , and educational tasks
- To facilitate communications
Application software in variety forms :
- Packaged software
- custom software
- Web application
- Open source software
- shareware
- Freeware
- Public-domain software
Business software is a application software that assists people while doing business activities .
For example ,
Word Processing -allow users to create and manipulate documents
Spreadsheet - allows users to organise data in a rows or columns and perform calculation
Database - collection of data organised in a manner that allows access, retrieval , and use of that data
Presentation - allows users to create visual aids for presentation to communicate ideas , messages , and other information to a group
Note taking - enables users to enter typed text , handwritten , comments , drawings ,or sketches on a page
Personal information manager - is a application software that include appointment calendar , address book , Notepad
Project management - allows user to plan schedule , track , and analyze the events , resources , and costs of a project
Accounting - helps companies record their financial transactions
Document management - provides a means for sharing , distributing and searching through documents by converting them into a format that can viewed by other users
Enterprise computing software - special computing solutions for various functional units
Graphics and multimedia software
- Computer-aided design software (CAD)
- Desktop publishing software
- Paint/image editing software
- Profesional photo editing software
- Multimedia authoring software
Software for home , personal , educational use
- Personal finance software
- legal software
- tax preparation software
- Personal DTP software
- Personal Paint/ image editing software
- personal photo editing software
- Clipart
- Video and audio editing software
- Home design software
- Travel and mapping software
- Reference software
- Educational software
- entertainment software
Web application
- websites that allows users to access and interact with software from any computer or device that is connected to internet
Application software for communications
- web browser
- Instant Messaging
- Chat room
- Text , picture , video messaging
- RSS Aggregator
- Blogging
- Newsgroup
- FTP
- VoIP
- Video conferencing
Online Help - is a electronic equivalent of a user manual
Web-based training - is a type of CBT that uses Internet technology and consists of application software on the web
Distance learning - Delivery of education at one location while learning takes place at other locations .
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