Four Categories Of Application Software
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FOUR CATEGORIES OF APPLICATION SOFTWAREBY: Derrick McLeod
Here is an example of business software:www.quickbooks.com Quickbooks
BUSINESS
One of many examples for Graphics and or Multimedia software would have to be:
http://corel.com Corel Graphics Suite
GRAPHICS AND MULTIMEDIA
An example of home, personal, and educational software would have to be the Adobe CS5 Suite:
www.adobe.com/CreativeSuite
HOME/PERSONAL/EDUCATION
A website used by many to communicate worldwide could be best represented by:
http://www.facebook.com Facebook
COMMUNICATIONS
… Application Software is available in a
variety of forms...
Packaged Software Microsoft Office is an example of
Packaged Software○ http://www.office.microsoft.com
Custom Software A good example website where Custom
Software can be developed could be the Custom Software Lab:
○ http://www.customsoftwarelab.com
Or even MyStorage can be considered Custom Software.
Web Application A good example of a web application
happens to be..○ http://www.edu.glogster.com GLOGSTER :D
Open Source Software A spiffy type of Open Source Software
would have to be, in my opinion..○ www.google.com/chrome/ Google Chrome
Shareware WinRar is a great example of Shareware
Software:○ www.rarlab.com/download.htm
Freeware Freeware can be expressed in one way
by Mozilla Firefox○ www.mozilla.com
Public-domain software The World Wide Web is a huge example
of Public Domain Software.
System Software System Software is pretty nifty software.
It works kind of like a middle man control center for a computer. Operating Systems are great examples of this. Like the Microsoft Windows chain.
○ http://Windows.microsoft.com/
Business Software The following are examples of Business
Software..
WORD PROCESSING• A great program for the maximum word processing experience is Microsoft Word.
• http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/
SPREADSHEET SOFTWARE• A good example of software with spreadsheets for organizing, would have to be Microsoft
Excel.
• http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel/
DATABASE SOFTWARE• Some database software could be exemplified by: FileMaker
• www.filemaker.com
PRESENTATION• PowerPoint is some amazing software to create visual aids or presentations.
• http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint/
NOTE TAKING• A very simple yet effective note taking application is..: TomBoy
• http://projects.gnome.org/tomboy/?pagewanted=all
PERSONAL INFORMATION MANAGER (PIM)• www.essentialpim.com/ is a great place to go and get your personal information
managed!
BUSINESS SOFTWARE FOR PHONES• www.nbxsoftware.com/
BUSINESS SOFTWARE SUITE• Netsuite is a great integrated web based business software suite..:
• http://www.netsuite.com/
PROJECT MANAGEMENT• A great website to help you get started with project management software would be:
• http://quickbase.intuit.com Quickbase
ACCOUNTING• http://www.peachtree.com/ Easy to follow and very accurate accounting services, right
at your fingertips . Peachtree
DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT• http://www.knowledgetree.com/ KnowledgeTree is a great Example of a type of Document
Management software.
ENTERPRISE COMPUTING• Heres an example from Sun Microsystems, with the link leading to a page containing
different types of software/applications for computing within an enterprise.
• http://www.sun.com/software/index.jsp?cat=Enterprise%20Computing&tab=3
So… Uhhh… Yeah This may not be a high maintenance
presentation, but it’s just to show all the amazing programs of so many different types that are out there at the tip of our grasp. It’s just incredible. I hope you enjoyed my presentation, and I hope your interested in the links that I have shared.
Thanks,Derrick
McLeod(: