| A | B |
| database | Manages data that is not all numbers, like addresses and phone numbers |
| email | Sends messages and documents between computer users |
| GUI | Interface that uses images like icons and windows |
| icon | Graphic respresenting a document or application |
| menu | List of available commands |
| PIM | Keeps track of addresses, phone numbers, appointments |
| presentation graphics | Displays slides of text and charts and graphics |
| spreadsheet | Manages numbers in rows and columns |
| suite | Set of stand-alone applications packaged to work together |
| user friendly | Interface that is easy to use and understand |
| user interface | The way the user communicates with the software and how the software displays information and options to the user |
| vector | Graphics defined by equations |
| word processing | Most often used application |
| project management | Applications used to plan, schedule and analyze the events and costs of a project. |