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A computer application is software that is a subclass of computer software that employs the capabilities of a computer directly to a task that the user wishes to perform. This should be contrasted with system software which is involved in integrating a computer's various capabilities, but typically does not directly apply them in the performance of tasks that benefit the user. In this context the term application refers to both the application software and its implementation.
A simple, if imperfect analogy in the world of hardware would be the relationship of an electric light bulb (an application) to an electric power generation plant (a system). The power plant merely generates electricity, not itself of any real use until harnessed to an application like the electric light that performs a service that benefits the user.
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Main roles[edit | edit source]
The main roles of computer applications of interest to psychologists are:
- Automated information coding
- Automated information processing
- Automated information retrieval
- Automated information storage
- Automated information coding
- Automated speech recognition
- Automation
- Computer assisted design
- Computer assisted diagnosis
- Computer assisted instruction
- Computer assisted testing
- Computer assisted therapy
- Computer searching
- Computer simulation
- Cybernetics
- Data collection
- Data processing
- Decision support systems
- Electronic commerce
- Electronic communication
- Electronic retailing
- Error analysis
- Expert systems
- Groupware
- Information systems
- Online therapy
Other typical examples of software applications are word processors, spreadsheets, and databases.
Multiple applications bundled together as a package are sometimes referred to as an application suite. Microsoft Office and OpenOffice.org, which bundle together a word processor, a spreadsheet, and several other discrete applications, are typical examples. The separate applications in a suite usually have a user interface that has some commonality making it easier for the user to learn and use each application. And often they may have some capability to interact with each other in ways beneficial to the user. For example, a spreadsheet might be able to be embedded in a word processor document even though it had been created in the separate spreadsheet application.
User-written software tailors systems to meet the user's specific needs. User-written software include spreadsheet templates, word processor macros, scientific simulations, graphics and animation scripts. Even email filters are a kind of user software. Users create this software themselves and often overlook how important it is.
OpenOffice.org is a well-known example of application software
Other examples[edit | edit source]
Enterprise infrastructure software[edit | edit source]
- Database management system (DBMS) software
- Digital asset management (DAM) software
- Document Management software
Information worker software[edit | edit source]
- Time and Resource Management
- Data Management
- Documentation
- Analytical software
- Collaborative software
Content access software[edit | edit source]
- Electronic media software
- Web browser
- Media players
- Hybrid editor players
- Entertainment software
- Digital pets
- Screen savers
- Computer and Video Games
- Arcade
- Emulators for console games
- Handheld Game Consoles Games
- Video Game Console Games
- Wireless or Mobile Phone Games
Educational software[edit | edit source]
- Classroom Management
- Edutainment Software
- Learning/Training Management Software
- Reference software
- Sales Readiness Software
- Survey Management
Computer simulation software[edit | edit source]
- Computer simulators
- Scientific simulators
- Social simulators
- Battlefield simulators
- Emergency simulators
- Vehicle simulators
- Simulation games
Media development software[edit | edit source]
- Image organizer
- Media content creating/editing
See also[edit | edit source]
- Algorithms
- Artificial intelligence
- Computer peripheral devices
- Computer searching
- Hypermedia
- Hypertext
- Internet
- Internet usage
- Electronic communication
- Information systems
- Internet
- List of computer topics
- Microcomputers
- Neural networks
- Virtual reality
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