Application Software

Application software is a set of computer programs designed to permit the user to

perform a group of coordinated functions, tasks, or activities. Application software cannot
run on itself but is dependent on system software to execute.

Types of application software

Computer Games

Computer Games are video games played on

a personal computer rather than a dedicated video
game console or arcade machine. Their defining
characteristics include a lack of any centralized
controlling authority, a greater degree of user control
over the video-gaming hardware and software used
and a generally greater capacity in input, processing,
and output.

Spreadsheets

Spreadsheet is an interactive computer

application program for organization, analysis and
storage of data in tabular form. Spreadsheets
developed as computerized simulations of paper
accounting worksheets. The program operates on
data represented as cells of an array, organized in
rows and columns. Each cell of the array is a model
viewcontroller element that may contain either
numeric or text data, or the results of formulas that
automatically calculate and display a value based on
the contents of other cells.

Word Processors

Word Processor is an electronic device

or computer software application that performs the
task of composition, editing, formatting, and
sometimes printing of documents.

Databases

Database is an organized collection of data. It is the

collection of schemes, tables, queries, reports, views
and other objects. The data is typically organized to
model aspects of reality in a way that
supports processes requiring information, such as
modeling the availability of rooms in hotels in a way
that supports finding a hotel with vacancies.

Web Browser

Web Browser (commonly referred to as a browser) is

a software application for retrieving, presenting, and
traversing information resources on the World Wide
Web. An information resource is identified by
a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI/URL) and may be

a web page, image, video or other piece of content.

Hyperlinks present in resources enable users easily
to navigate their browsers to related resources.