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    TYPES OF APPLICATION SOFTWARE

                     It is a program designed to help users perform specific tasks. These tasks can be
                     personal, educational, business-related, etc. Generally, people refer to application

                     software as software.
                     Application software can be broadly classified into two categories:

                                                             Application Software

                                  General Purpose Software                                      Customised Software

                           Word            Presentation               Database                   Multimedia
                        Processors           Software           Management System                 Software
                                                                       Software
                                Spreadsheets         Graphics Software          Desktop Publishing
                                   Software                                           Software

                     General Purpose Software

                     General purpose software are those which have not been developed according to

                     the needs of a particular organisation or a particular industry. It can be used for both
                     commercial and  non-commercial purposes. The general purpose software can
                     further be classified into seven different groups on the basis of their use. These are:

                     Word Processors

                     Word Processors are used to create, edit, format and print text documents. They are

                     commonly used in businesses, schools and at home. Microsoft Word is the most
                     commonly used word processor. Some other word processors are WordPerfect,

                     Writer and Kword.

                                                                    Writer
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