Application Software(i) Written Software(ii) Off-The-Shelf Software

25th June 2005 SaturdayComputer StudiesLower Sixth FormPrepared by: T.Fina

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Application Software

• Application software is used to perform specific tasks.

• Some application software needs to be used within a particular operating system & sometimes needs special computer.

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(i) Written Software• It is a software that is programmed or

written by a programmer.• Usually it takes up a lot of time to

finish the software and more expensive to hire a programmer to do.

• Needs a lot specialties and expertise from the programmer skills to do the program which is requested by any organisation.

• It is like writing a suite of programs using certain language to perform the required tasks.

• Examples of software is like organisation specific file system and so on.

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(ii) Off-The-Shelf Software• Is the ready-made software which is

available and can be bought from any computer shop easily.

• It is cheaper than hiring a programmer to do it.

• It is like buying a database package and build a customised application to suit your exact requirements.

• Examples of software are like database (MS Access), word processing and so on.

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