Home |
Operating System |
Utility Program |
Application Software |
Propreitary vs Open Source |
Application software consist of programs designed to make users more productive and/or assist with personal task
Usage :
1. To make business activitiess more efficient
2. To assist with graphics and multimedia projects
3. To support home, personal, and educational tasks
4. To facilitate communications
| TYPE |
DEFINITION (D) /FUNCTION (F) |
PROPRIETARY |
OPEN SOURCE |
| Web Browser |
D - Web browser is an application software that allows users to access, interact with software and view web pages from any computer or device that is connected to Internet F - use to display information to the users through retrieving, presenting and navigating information |
Safari |
Opera |
| Word Processing Software |
D - Word processing software allows users to create and manipulate documents containing mostly text and sometimes graphics F - provide a variety of features so users can easily change what they have written such as entiring, editing |
Microsot Word |
OpenOffice.org Writer |
| Spreadsheet Software |
D - Spreadsheet software is an application software that allows users to organize data in rows and column and perform calculation F - Users can perform calculation more quickly and accurately in an electronic worksheet |
Microsoft Excel |
OpenOffice.org Calc |
| Presentation Software |
D - Presentation software is an application software which combination of visual objects that allows usesr to create attractive visual aids for interesting presentations to communicate ideas, messages and orthe information to a group F - Excellent for summarizing facts |
PowerPoint |
OpenOffice.org Impress |
| Database Software |
D - Database software is an application software that allows users to create, access and manage a database F - Database can improve data integrity, data independence, avoiding data redundancy, data security and data maintenance |
Microsoft Access |
OpenOffice.org Base |