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homedesign | Application software used by a homeowner or potential homeowner to assist him or her with the design, remodeling, or improvement of a home, deck, or landscape |
icon | Small image displayed on a computer screen that represents a program, a document, or some other object |
imageeditingsoftware | Application software that provides the capabilities of paint software and also allows a user to modify existing images |
integratedsoftware | Single, easy-to-use software package that contains more than one type of application software, such as word processing, spreadsheet, and database software |
legalsoftware | Application software that assists in the preparation of legal documents and provides legal information to individuals, families, and small businesses |
menu | Item on the computer screen that contains a series of commands from which a user can make selections |
multimediaauthoringsoftware | Application software that allows a user to combine text, graphics, audio, video, and animation into an interactive application |
onlinebanking | Online connection to a bank's computer to access to account balances, pay bills, and copy monthly transactions from the bank's computer into a user's computer |
onlineHelp | Electronic equivalent of a user manual that usually is integrated into a program, providing assistance for users to increase productivity and reduce frustrations by minimizing the time spent learning how to use application software |
packagedsoftware | Mass produced, copyrighted retail software that meets the needs of a wide variety of users, not just a single user or company |
paintsoftware | Application software that allows graphic artists, multimedia professionals, technical illustrators, and desktop publishers to draw pictures, shapes, and other graphical images with various on-screen tools. Also called illustration software |
personalDTPsoftware | Application software that helps home users and small office/home office users create newsletters, brochures, advertisements, postcards, greeting cards, letterhead, business cards, banners, calendars, logos, and Web pages |
personalfinancesoftware | Simplified accounting program that helps a home user or small office/home office user balance his or her checkbook, pay bills, track personal income and expenses, track investments, and evaluate financial plans |
personalinformationmanager | Application software that includes an appointment calendar, address book, notepad, and other features to help a user organize personal information |
personalpaint | Application software with an easy-to-use interface and various simplified tools that allows home users and small office/home office users to draw pictures, shapes, and other images |
photoeditingsoftware | Popular type of image editing software that allows a user to edit digital photographs and create electronic photo albums |
pointer | Small symbol displayed on a computer screen that moves as a user moves the mouse |
presentationgraphicssoftware | Application software that allows a user to create visual aids for presentations to communicate ideas, messages, and other information to a group. These presentations can be viewed as slides that display on a large monitor or on a projection screen |
print | To send a copy of a document from a computer to a medium such as paper |
projectmanagementsoftware | Application software that allows a user to plan, schedule, track, and analyze the events, resources, and costs of a project |