Software Applications

Question 1

Stand-alone applications

Answer 1

Application systems that run on a local computer.

Question 2

Embedded control systems

Answer 2

These are software control systems that manage hardware devices. Numerically, there are probably more embedded systems than any other type of system (3 billion devices run Java etc.)

Question 3

Systems for modelling and simulation

Answer 3

These are systems that are developed by scientists and engineers to model software processes or situations, which include many separate interacting objects

Question 4

Entertainment systems

Answer 4

Systems intended primarily for personal use and are intended to entertain the user

Question 5

Data collection systems

Answer 5

These are systems that collect data from the environment using a set of sensors and send that data to other systems for processing

Question 6

Real-time transaction based applications

Answer 6

Applications that execute on a remote computer and are accessed by users on their own PCs or terminals. These include ERP (Enterprise resource planning) systems, web applications such as e-commerce apps etc.

Question 7

Batch processing systems

Answer 7

Business systems that are designed to process data in large batches. Process a large number of individual inputs to create corresponding outputs. Some old systems still do this.

Question 8

Systems of systems

Answer 8

Systems that are comprised of a number of other software systems.