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Application Software

 Application software is a set of computer programs designed to permit the user toperform a group of coordinated functions, tasks, or activities. Application software cannot

run on itself but is dependent on system software to execute.

Types of application software

Computer Games Computer Games are video games played on

a personal computer  rather than a dedicated video

game console or arcade machine. Their defining

characteristics include a lack of any centralized

controlling authority, a greater degree of user control

over the video-gaming hardware and software used

and a generally greater capacity in input, processing,

and output.

Spreadsheets  Spreadsheet is an interactive computer

application program for organization, analysis and

storage of data in tabular  form. Spreadsheets

developed as computerized simulations of paper

accounting worksheets. The program operates on

data represented as cells of an array, organized in

rows and columns. ach cell of the array is a model!

view!controller  element that may contain either

numeric or text data, or the results of formulas that

automatically calculate and display a value based on

the contents of other cells.

Word Processors  Word Processor is an electronic device

or computer  software application that performs the

task of composition, editing, formatting, and

sometimes printing of documents.

Databases  Database is an organized collection of data. "t is the

collection of schemes, tables, #ueries, reports, views

and other ob$ects. The data is typically organized to

model aspects of reality in a way that

supports processes re#uiring information, such asmodeling the availability of rooms in hotels in a way

that supports finding a hotel with vacancies.

Web Browser Web Browser  %commonly referred to as a browser& is

a software application for retrieving, presenting, and

traversing information resources on the 'orld 'ide

'eb. An information resource is identified by

a (niform )esource "dentifier  %()"*()+& and may be

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a web page, image, video or other piece of content. 

yperlinks present in resources enable users easily

to navigate their  browsers to related resources.