What |s App||cat|on Software?

App||cat|on software uLlllzes Lhe capaclLles of a compuLer dlrecLly Lo a dedlcaLed Lask AppllcaLlon
sofLware ls able Lo manlpulaLe LexL numbers and graphlcs lL can be ln Lhe form of sofLware focused on
a cerLaln slngle Lask llke word processlng spreadsheeL or playlng of audlo and vldeo flles

D|fferent 1ypes of App||cat|on Software

Word rocess|ng Software 1hls sofLware enables Lhe users Lo creaLe and edlL documenLs 1he mosL
popular examples of Lhls Lype of sofLware are MSWord Wordad noLepad and some oLher LexL
edlLors

MlcrosofL Word ls a documenL auLhorlng and publlshlng Lool LhaL ls lncluded ln Lhe MlcrosofL Cfflce producL sulLe
lL ls malnly used Lo edlL documenLs formaLLed for prlnLlng 8uL lL also ls used Lo open and save unlcode LexL flles ln
encoded formaLs

noLepad ls a baslc LexL edlLor LhaL ls embedded ln MlcrosofL Wlndows

Database Software uaLabase ls a sLrucLured collecLlon of daLa A compuLer daLabase relles on daLabase
sofLware Lo organlze Lhe daLa and enable Lhe daLabase users Lo achleve daLabase operaLlons uaLabase
sofLware allows Lhe users Lo sLore and reLrleve daLa from daLabases Lxamples are

An Cracle daLabase ls a collecLlon of daLa LreaLed as a unlL 1he purpose of a daLabase ls Lo sLore and reLrleve
relaLed lnformaLlon A daLabase server ls Lhe key Lo solvlng Lhe problems of lnformaLlon managemenL

MS Access ls a daLabase Lool for gaLherlng and undersLandlng all your lnformaLlonyour phone numbers
lnvenLory guesL llsLs whaLever you're Lracklngand provldlng a convenlenL way Lo enLer navlgaLe and reporL ouL
your daLa

Spreadsheet Software Lxcel LoLus 123 and Apple numbers are some examples of spreadsheeL
sofLware SpreadsheeL sofLware allows users Lo perform calculaLlons 1hey slmulaLe paper worksheeLs
by dlsplaylng mulLlple cells LhaL make up a grld

MlcrosofL Lxcel ls a SofLware developed and manufacLured by MlcrosofL CorporaLlon LhaL allows users Lo
organlze formaL and calculaLe daLa wlLh formulas uslng a spreadsheeL sysLem broken up by rows and columns

LoLus 123 ls a spreadsheeL program deslgned for l8McompaLlble personal compuLers by LoLus CorporaLlon ln
1982 LoLus 123 was Lhe flrsL publlcly avallable program Lo comblne graphlcs spreadsheeL funcLlons
and daLa managemenL (Lhree funcLlons hence Lhe name)

Apple numbers wlLh numbers for lad lhone and lod Louch you can make spreadsheeLs wherever you are and
plan organlze or analyze anyLhlng you can Lhlnk of

Mu|t|med|a Software 1hey allow Lhe users Lo creaLe and play audlo and vldeo medla 1hey are capable
of playlng medla flles Audlo converLers players burners vldeo encoders and decoders are some forms
of mulLlmedla sofLware Lxamples of Lhls Lype of sofLware lnclude 8eal layer and Medla layer

8eallayer ls a crossplaLform medla player by 8eal neLworks LhaL plays a number of mulLlmedla formaLs
lncludlng M3 MLC4 Culck1lme Wlndows Medla and mulLlple verslons of proprleLary 8ealAudlo and 8eal
vldeo formaLs

Wlndows Medla layer (abbrevlaLed WM) ls a medla player and medla llbrary appllcaLlon developed
by MlcrosofL LhaL ls used for playlng audlo vldeo and vlewlng lmages on personal compuLers runnlng Lhe MlcrosofL
Wlndows operaLlng sysLem as well as on ockeL C and Wlndows Mobllebased devlces

resentat|on Software 1he sofLware LhaL ls used Lo dlsplay lnformaLlon ln Lhe form of a sllde show ls
known as presenLaLlon sofLware 1hls Lype of sofLware lncludes Lhree funcLlons namely edlLlng LhaL
allows lnserLlon and formaLLlng of LexL meLhods Lo lnclude graphlcs ln Lhe LexL and a funcLlonallLy of
execuLlng Lhe sllde shows MlcrosofL owerolnL ls Lhe besL example of presenLaLlon sofLware

MS owerolnL presenLaLlons conslsL of a number of lndlvldual pages or slldes 1he sllde analogy ls a reference
Lo Lhe sllde pro[ecLor Slldes may conLaln LexL graphlcs sound movles and oLher ob[ecLs whlch may be arranged
freely

Lxamp|es of App||cat|on Software

Lnterpr|se software addresses Lhe needs of organlzaLlon processes and daLa flow ofLen ln a large
dlsLrlbuLed envlronmenL (Lxamples lnclude flnanclal sysLems cusLomer relaLlonshlp managemenL
(C8M) sysLems and supplychaln managemenL sofLware)

Informat|on worker software addresses Lhe needs of lndlvlduals Lo creaLe and manage lnformaLlon
ofLen for lndlvldual pro[ecLs wlLhln a deparLmenL ln conLrasL Lo enLerprlse managemenL Lxamples
lnclude Llme managemenL resource managemenL documenLaLlon Lools analyLlcal and collaboraLlve
Word processors spreadsheeLs emall and blog cllenLs personal lnformaLlon sysLem and lndlvldual
medla edlLors may ald ln mulLlple lnformaLlon worker Lasks

Lducat|ona| software ls relaLed Lo conLenL access sofLware buL has Lhe conLenL and/or feaLures
adapLed for use ln by educaLors or sLudenLs lor example lL may dellver evaluaLlons (LesLs) Lrack
progress Lhrough maLerlal or lnclude collaboraLlve capablllLles

S|mu|at|on software ls compuLer sofLware for slmulaLlon of physlcal or absLracL sysLems for research
Lralnlng or enLerLalnmenL purposes

Content access software ls sofLware used prlmarlly Lo access conLenL wlLhouL edlLlng buL may lnclude
sofLware LhaL allows for conLenL edlLlng Such sofLware addresses Lhe needs of lndlvlduals and groups Lo
consume dlglLal enLerLalnmenL and publlshed dlglLal conLenL (Lxamples lnclude Medla layers Web
8rowsers Pelp browsers and Cames)