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You are here: Home > tutorials > Computer basics > What is an Application Software? Introduction!Application Software are software programs that allow users to perform and/or accomplish specific-aimed tasks. Sometimes known as Applications or abbreviated to Apps, these software are what make computers useful to end-users as they make it possible for users to do really-productive works/tasks such as typing documents, creating reports, surfing the Internet, sending E-mail (Electronic Mail), designing graphics, and so and so forth. 
The screen of Microsoft Encarta (Microsoft's free encyclopedia) Application Software Unlike systems software (Operating Systems and Utility Software), Application programs are not purposely designed for controlling the workflow, performances or functionality of computer hardware components. Instead, they are for users to perform profitable tasks, such as creating files of different kinds, such as videos, movies, music/audio, etc. Application Software allow users to input different kinds of data, such as photos, text, numbers, Audio/video clips, etc. Examples include accounting software, enterprise software, graphics software, media players, Web designing programs such as FrontPage, Dreamweaver and other Html editors. Word processing programs such as Microsoft Word, which is a product of Microsoft Corporation are examples of Application Software. Others are Spreadsheet Applications (MS-Excel), Database Management Applications (MS-Access) as well as Web/Internet Browsers (Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, etc). Graphics Editing programs such as Adobe Photoshop, Corel Draw, Adobe Illustrator, AAA Logo and Paint are other examples of Application software. Multiple Application programs that are built and distributed in a single bundle, form a category of application programs known as Application Suites. A good example of Application Suite is an Office Suite (i.e Microsoft Office Suite that contains different programs such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Publisher, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, etc). The application programs in the Suites differ from each other in some cases, but they have some features with same functionality and they allow incorporation of data. For instance, a user can copy or move data from Microsoft Excel to Microsoft Word. Also their interfaces have tools that are available in almost all Application Programs in the suite package, such as commands for formatting text color, font faces, lines, font styles, etc. Other Applications are distributed separately, which means a user will get a single program instead of two, three or more. 
The screen of Microsoft Windows Media player (with a video file paused) Some producers/developers of application software distribute their programs for free, while others require the end-users to pay some amount of money. The amount of money a user pays depends on the program's functionality, performance, quality and/or importance. Apart from applications used on desktop and other broad categories of computers, there are also application programs designed purposely for working on mobile platforms such as Smart Phones, Tablet, Hand-held (PDAs), etc. The applications that are designed and work on mobile devices are typically referred to as Apps (an abbreviation for Applications). Examples of these Apps include iTune, a media player for Mobile devices developed by Apple Inc. Previous: What is an Operating System? Next: What is Microsoft Windows Operating System? You might also like this!
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