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Application Software: Program Particular Process

Application software includes programs designed for end-users to perform specific functions like productivity, creativity and communication. Examples include word processors, spreadsheets, accounting applications, web browsers, media players, and photo editors.

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Application Software: Program Particular Process

Application software includes programs designed for end-users to perform specific functions like productivity, creativity and communication. Examples include word processors, spreadsheets, accounting applications, web browsers, media players, and photo editors.

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Application software 

Application software (app for short) is a program or group of programs designed for end-users.


Application software is a type of computer program that performs a specific personal, educational,
and business function. Each program is designed to assist the user with a particular process, which
may be related to productivity, creativity, and/or communication.
Examples of an application include a word processor, a spreadsheet, an accounting application,
a web browser, an email client, a media player, a file viewer, simulators, a console game, or a
photo editor.

What is a word processor and examples?


A word processor, or word processing program, does exactly what the name implies. It
processes words. It also processes paragraphs, pages, and entire papers. Some examples of word
processing programs include Microsoft Word, WordPerfect (Windows only), AppleWorks (Mac
only), and OpenOffice.org.

What is a spreadsheet and give examples?


The definition of a spreadsheet is a piece of paper or a computer program used for accounting
and recording data using rows and columns into which information can be entered. Microsoft
Excel, a program in which you enter data into columns, is an example of a spreadsheet program

What is database software?


Database software is designed to create databases and to store, manage, change, search, and
extract the information contained within them. A comprehensive database software program is
sometimes called a database management system. DBMS examples include MySQL,
PostgreSQL, Microsoft Access, SQL Server, FileMaker, Oracle, RDBMS, dBASE, Clipper, and
FoxPro.

What is presentation software and examples?


Presentation software is defined as computer programs designed to allow the user to present
information in an engaging way such as with text, pictures, sound and video. PowerPoint is an
example of a presentation software.
What is desktop publishing used for?
Desktop publishing software (DTP) is used to create documents like leaflets, brochures and
newsletters. Modern word processors have the basic features of DTP software but features such
as templates and frames make DTP software better for complex page layouts . Templates –
examples to base your own document on.

What is an example of a graphics program?


In computer graphics, graphics software refers to a program or collection of programs that enable
a person to manipulate images or models visually on a computer. ... Examples of such programs
include GIMP, Adobe Photoshop, CorelDRAW, Pizap, Microsoft Publisher, Picasa, etc.

Educational software
Educational software is a term used for any computer software which is made for an educational
purpose. It encompasses different ranges from language learning software to classroom
management software to reference software, etc.

Reference software
Reference software is software which emulates and expands upon print reference forms
including the dictionary, translation dictionary, encyclopaedia, thesaurus, and atlas. ... Reference
software may include multimedia content including animations, audio, and video, which further
illustrate a concept.

Network Software
Network software encompasses a broad range of software used for design, implementation, and
operation and monitoring of computer networks. ... With the advent of Software – Defined
Networking (SDN), software is separated from the hardware thus making it more adaptable to
the ever-changing nature of the computer network

Software language
A software language is an artificial language used in the development of software systems. The
term is more general than programming language and also includes modelling languages, query
languages, transformation languages, software interfaces, database schemata, domain-specific
languages, markup languages, etc.

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