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| Application Software | Programs designed to make users more productive and/or assist them with personal tasks. |
| Desktop | An on-screen work area that has a graphical user interface. |
| Business Software | Assists people in becoming more effective and efficient while performing daily business activities. |
| Word Processing Software | Allows users to create a document by entering text or numbers and inserting graphical images, edit the document by making changes to its existing content, and format the document by changing its appearance. |
| Spreadsheet Software | Allows users to organize data into rows and columns, perform calculations, recalculate when data changes and chart the data into graphical form. |
| Database Software | Allows users to create a database. |
| Presentation Software | Allows users to create slides that are displayed on a monitor or on a projection screen. |
| Software Suite | A collection of individual programs available together as a unit. |
| Computer-aided design | (CAD) Assists a professional user in creating engineering, architectural, and scientific designs. |
| Desktop Publishing Software | (DTP) Enables professional designers to create sophisticated documents that contain text, graphics and colors. |
| Paint Software | Allows users to draw pictures, shapes, and other graphical images with various on-screen tools. |
| Database | A collection of data organized in a manner that allows access, retrieval and use of that data. |
| Note Taking Software | Enables users to enter typed text, handwritten comments, drawings and sketches. |
| Project Management Software | Allows users to plan, schedule, track, and analyze the events, resources, and costs of a project. |
| Accounting Software | Helps companies record and report their financial transactions. |
| Document Management Software | Provides a means for sharing, distributing, and searching through documents by converting them into a format that can be viewed by any user. |
| Image Editing Software | Provides the capabilities of paint software and also includes the capability to modify existing images. |
| Professional Photo Editing Software | A type of image editing software that allows photographers, videographers, engineers, scientists, and other high-volume digital photo users to edit and customize digital photos. |
