| A | B |
| Wordprocessor Software | is used to produce, edit and format mainly text based documents |
| DTP Software | is used to arrange text and graphics into professional looking publications. |
| Spreadsheets | Sofware used to carry out calculations and modelling scenarios |
| Database | An application which allows the effective storage of data in a logical way. |
| Web authoring Package | Software specifically designed to allow you to create web pages and web sites |
| Presentational Software | Software used to create a slide show to present information to an audience |
| Ms Access | An example of a database |
| Ms Excel | An example of a spreadsheet |
| Dreamweaver, Frontpage | An example of a web authoring package |
| Ms Powerpoint | An example of presentational software |
| Ms Word | An example of a word processing package |
| Ms Publisher | An example of desktop publishing software |