Application Software: general purpose and customized

Application Software

Application software, general purpose software, customize software



Application software is a set of one or more programs designed to solve a specific problem or to do a specific task. Application software can not run itself it's dependent on system software. The user uses application software for their interests not for system performance.  Ex: MS Office, media player, calculator, web browser, games, etc.

Application software can be of two types – General Purpose Application Software and Customized Application software. 

General Purpose Application Software

General-purpose application software is made for the common users for day to day applications. These are also referred as Office Tools. Some of the popular types of general-purpose application software are Word Processor, Presentation Tool, Spreadsheet Package, and Database Management System.

Word Processor: Word processor is a general purpose application software used to create documents. It allows us to create , edit and format documents. We can use different types of fonts of various sizes, underline or make bold a certain part of the text. We can add clipart and other graphics into the document. Popular
examples of Word processing software are Writer (Open Office) and Microsoft
Word.

Presentation Tools: Presentation tools is a general purpose application software
that lets us create presentations on any topic. We can not only create a presentation and add slides into that but also can use different types of background, fonts, animations, audio, video, etc. We can add clipart and other graphics into our document. Popular examples of Presentation tools software are Impress (open office) and Microsoft Power Point.


Spreadsheet Packages: Spreadsheet is a general purpose application software that lets us create and store data in tabular form. Both text and numerical values can be entered in that tables known as a spreadsheet. We can not only create a document and add data into that but also can create different types of charts and graphs based upon the numerical data stored in that page. All common mathematical and statistical formulae can be used on the numeric data. Popular examples of Spreadsheet software are Calc (Open Office) and Microsoft Excel.

Database Management System: Database Management System is general purpose application software that lets us create computer programs that control the creation, maintenance, and the use of database for an organization and its end users. We can not only store data but can also manage data in a database. We can also import and export the data to many formats including Excel, Outlook, ASCII, dBase, FoxPro, Oracle, SQL Server, ODBC, etc. Popular examples of Database Management System are Base (Open Office), Microsoft Access, Oracle, MySQL etc.
 

Customized Application software

Customized Software is one that is tailor-made as per the user’s requirement. Such type of software is for a specific customer and so are also referred as Domain-Specific Tools. Some examples are- School Management System, Inventory Management System, Payroll System, Financial Accounting, Hotel Management, Reservation System, and Weather Forecasting System.




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