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Application Software
It is a program designed to help users perform specific tasks. It is designed to be used by
end-users. Writer, Impress and Calc are application software. Generally, people refer to application
software as software.
Application software can be broadly classified into two categories:
Application
Software
General Purpose Customised
Software Software
Word Presentation Desktop Publishing Multimedia
Processors Software (DTP) Software Processors
Spreadsheets Database Management Image Processing
Systems (DBMS) Software
General Purpose Software
General purpose software are those which have not been developed according to the needs
of a particular organization or a particular industry. It can be used for both commercial and
non-commercial or purposes. The general purpose software can further be classified into seven
different groups on the basis of their use. These are:
Word Processors are used to create, edit and format text documents. They are commonly
used in businesses, schools and at home. LibreOffice Writer is the most commonly used
word processor. Some other word processors are WordPerfect, Writer and Kword.
LibreOffice Writer LibreOffice Calc
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