Thursday, September 13, 2012

Types of Application Software Products

The application software can be customized as per the area of application. Hence, this has given rise to wide variety of application software products. Here under are few of them:

Educational Software: It is a set of computer software that is used by educators and students for maintaining student information, management information, etc. It delivers evaluations for tests, tracks the progress of student through material.

Simulation Software: It enables a user to observe an operation through simulation with a set of mathematical formulas. It is used for research, training or entertainment purposes.

Media Development Software: It generates electronic media that is most often used for educational or commercial purpose.

Information Worker Software: It helps users to create and maintain information within a department for a single project. Examples include resource management, documentation tools, word processors, spreadsheets, personal information system, and individual media editors – all which may be useful in multiple information worker tasks.

Enterprise Software: It is a collection of computer programs and is often used in organizations for modeling how the entire organizations such as businesses or government works. Examples are Customer relationship Management (CRM), Supply chain management (SCM).

Product Engineering Software: It is used for developing hardware and software components. Examples are Computer aided design (CAD), computer aided engineering (CAE).

The above are the few products of application software based on their area of application.

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