15. CATEGORIES OF APPLICATION PACKAGES AND ASSESSMENT

CATEGORIES OF APPLICATION PACKAGES

I.Application specific

II.General purpose application packages

I.               Application specific: These are programs written in order to solve a particular task/problem. Examples of application specific are

1.              Payroll

2.              Stock control

3.              Accounting software

4.              Education management

5.              Statistical software

6.              Web design software

II.             General purpose application: These are programs written in order to provide users with general set of facilities to handle a wide variety of problems. Examples of general purpose application are

1.              Word processing

2.              Graphics software

3.              Game software

4.              Database software

ASSESSMENT

Explain these application specific software and state two examples of each

  1. Stock control
  2. Accounting software
  3. Education management
  4. Statistical software
  5. Web design software