Application Software
It consists of programs designed to make users more productive and/or assist with personal tasks.- To make business activities more efficient
- To assist with graphics & multimedia projects
- To support home, personal and educational tasks
- To facilitate communications
Application software also available in a variety of forms:
- Packaged software - Mass production, copyrighted and complete version. Eg: Microsoft Office, Adobe creative cloud, AutoCAD
- Custom software - Have specific function and require programmers to tailor it. Eg: generates bill, school management system (Sampoorna)
- Web application - Allow user to use software through Internet. Eg: webmail, online retail sales, wikis, instant messaging services
- Open source software - Provide for use, modification, redistribution and has no restriction from copyright holder. It can be downloaded from Internet for free. Eg: Linux, Mozilla Firefox, Chromium, Libreoffice, Blender
- Shareware - It is free for trial period. Payment is needed after trial period. Eg: Winzip, Adobe Acrobat Pro, Wondershare video converter, Xilisoft video converter
- Freeware - Copyrighted software provided for free to user by an individual/company that retail all rights to the software. Eg: Google Chrome, Adobe PDF, Yahoo messenger, Skype, AVG antivirus
- Public-domain software - It is donated for public use and has no copyright. Anyone can copy/distribute it to others for free. Eg: ProTracker, CSPro, Epi info, Epi map
Business Software
It is application software that assists people while performing business activities.Types of business software:
- Word processing - Allow users to create & manipulate documents. Eg: Microsoft Word
- Spreadsheet - Allows users to organise data in rows & columns and perform calculations. Eg: Microsoft Excel
- Database - Allows users to create, access and manage a collection of organised data. Eg: Microsoft Access
- Presentation - Allows users to create visual aids for presentations to communicate ideas, messages and other information to a group. Eg: Microsoft power point
- Note taking - Enables users to enter typed text, handwritten comments, drawings or sketches anywhere on a page. Eg: Google keep, Microsoft onenote, Evernote
- Personal Information Manager (PIM) - Includes appointment calendar, address book and notepad. Eg: Google calendar, Outlook calendar
- Business software for phones - Scaled down versions of software to work with smartphones and other mobile devices. Eg: Snappii mobile apps
- Business software suites - A collection of individual programs available together as a unit. Eg: Netsuite
- Project management - Allows users to plan, schedule, track and analyse events, resources,= and costs of a project. Eg: Basecamp
- Accounting - Helps companies record & report their financial transactions. Eg: MYOB
- Document management - Convert documents into a format that can be viewed by any user for sharing, distributing and searching through the documents. Eg: eFileCabinet
- Enterprise computing software - Different special computing software is used by each department such as human resources, accounting, engineering, manufacturing, marketing, sales, distribution, customer service and information technology. Eg: Coupa software
Graphic & Multimedia Software
- Web page authoring software helps users of all skill levels create web pages that include multimedia &interactive content
Software for Home, Personal & Educational Use
- Personal finance software
- Legal software
- Tax preparation software
- Personal Desktop Publishing (DTP) software
- Personal paint/image editing software
- Personal photo editing software
- Clip art/ image gallery
- Video & audio editing software
- Home design/landscaping software
- Travel & mapping software
- Reference software
- Educational software
- Entertainment software
Web Applications
It is a website that allows users to access and interact with software from any computer or device that is connected to the internet.Applications Software for Communications
- Web browser
- Instant messaging
- Chat room
- Text, picture, video messaging
- RSS aggregator
- Blogging
- Newsgroup/messaging board
- File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
- Voice IP (VoIP)
- Video conferencing
Learning Tool for Application Software
- Online help - The electronic equivalent of a user manual
- Web-based help - Provides updates and more comprehensive resources to respond to technical issues about software
- Web-based training - A type of computer-based traning (CBT) that uses Internet technology and consists of application software on the web
- Distance Learning (DL) - Delivery education at one location while the learning takes place at other locations
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