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Difference Between General Purpose Software and Specialized Software Package

General purpose software is designed for common tasks and can be used by a wide audience, like Microsoft Office. Specialized software is customized for specific needs, like a database for a bank that wouldn't be useful for a school. It may provide extra functions but at a higher cost than general purpose software.

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Difference Between General Purpose Software and Specialized Software Package

General purpose software is designed for common tasks and can be used by a wide audience, like Microsoft Office. Specialized software is customized for specific needs, like a database for a bank that wouldn't be useful for a school. It may provide extra functions but at a higher cost than general purpose software.

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vinton13 · Registered  
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Discussion Starter · #1 · Jun 15, 2010

Well, title asked it all.

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#2 · Jun 15, 2010

General purpose software is software that people


put out that has as wide a range of tools to help
adapt to the person as possible hoping that the
person will like it as packaged software such as
Microsoft is usable for everyone. Custom written
software is for people with needs different than
normal people. Say I run a business, but it is an odd
business and I need different functions I can get a
program written for me with those functions
although it might be slightly more costly.

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#3 · Jan 12, 2012

A general purpose software is an application


software design for users who want to perform
common task on a computer system. e.g Ms Office,
Mavis beacon, CorelDraw , and the like.anyone who
wants to create a letter, edit a picture can use Ms
Word and CorelDraw or Photoshop. These
softwares are programmed to solve users common
tasks (General tasks).

Special software package are developed specially


for a user using high level programming language.
e.g. A Database Management software designed for
BARCLAYS BANK (customer credits and debits
stuffs) will be of no use to SDA SENIOR HIGH
SCHOOL which will be so much interested in
students examination reports/results. Specialized
application softwares are also called customised
packages.

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