Application Software

Question 1

Types of Application Software (and Contemporary Software)

Answer 1

1. Text e.g. text editor (Wordpad), word processor (Word)
2. Number e.g. spreadsheet (Excel) or accounting (Money)
3. Data e.g. database (Access, FileMaker)
4. Communications e.g. www browsers (Internet Explorer, Firefox), email (Outlook)
5. Graphics e.g. painting (Photoshop), drawing (Illustrator, Freehand), CAD (AutoCAD)
6. Multimedia e.g. presentation (PowerPoint), multimedia authoring (Macromedia Director)
7. Integrated - 2 or more applications in a single program (AppleWorks). It is easy to link data between them and they have a common HCI.
8. Page layout or desktop publishing (PageMaker, InDesign, Quark Express)