Application Softwares (types of softwares)

 Application Software:

  An application software always works under a system software. These softwares are generally a set of one or more programmes, designed to solve a specific problem, or do a specific task e.g. An application software for payroll processing produces pay slips as the major output, and an application software for processing examination results produces mark sheets as the major output along with some other statistical reports.

   And also if a person is writing a program to solve his/her personal and particular problems is also comes under the application software. These programs included in an application software package are called application programmes and who made these programs are also known as application programmers.

The most commonly known application software are

1. Word Processing Software: A word processing software enables us to make use of a computer system for creating editing, viewing, formatting, storing retrieving and painting documents (written material, such as letters exports, book, etc).
software is a numerica data analysis tool, which allows us to create a kind of computerised ledger A manual ledger is a book having rows and columns, which accountants use for keeping a record of financial transactions, and for preparing financial statements. story of C

2. Spreadsheet Software A

3. Database Software A database is a collection of related data stored and treated as unit for information retrieval purpose. A data base software is a set of one or more programmes, which enable us to crea a database maintai (old, delete and update its records) organise its data in desired fashion.

4. Graphices Software A graphic software enables us to use a computers system for creating editing, viewing, storing, retrieving and printing designs, drawings pictures, graph and anything * else that can be drawn in the traditional manners.

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5. Personal Assistance Software A personal assistance software allows us to use personal computers for storing and retrieving our personal information, and planning and managing our schedules, contacts, financial and inventory of important items.

6. Education Software Education software allows as computers system to be used as a teaching and learing tool. A few examples of such applications are those that teach young children to do (a) mathematics, (b) recognize alphabets

and (c) read whole words and sentences. Software Entertainment

7. Entertainment

software allows a computer system to be used as an entertainment tool. A good example of such an application is computer video games.