BY: Derrick McLeod
BUSINESS
Here is an example of business software:
www.quickbooks.com  Quickbooks
GRAPHICS AND MULTIMEDIA
One of many examples for Graphics and or Multimedia software would have
to be:
http://corel.com  Corel Graphics Suite
HOME/PERSONAL/
EDUCATION
An example of home, personal, and educational software would have to be the
Adobe CS5 Suite:
www.adobe.com/CreativeSuite
COMMUNICATIONS
A website used by many to communicate worldwide could be best represented
by:
 http://www.facebook.com Facebook
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Application Software is available in a variety of
forms...
Packaged Software
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Microsoft Office is an example of
Packaged Software
○ http://www.office.microsoft.com
Custom Software
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A good example website where Custom
Software can be developed could be the
Custom Software Lab:
○ http://www.customsoftwarelab.com
Or even MyStorage can be considered Custom
Software.
Web Application
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A good example of a web application
happens to be..
○ http://www.edu.glogster.com  GLOGSTER
:D
Open Source Software
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A spiffy type of Open Source Software
would have to be, in my opinion..
○ www.google.com/chrome/  Google Chrome
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Shareware
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WinRar is a great example of Shareware
Software:
○ www.rarlab.com/download.htm
Freeware
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Freeware can be expressed in one way
by Mozilla Firefox
○ www.mozilla.com
Public-domain software
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The World Wide Web is a huge example
of Public Domain Software.
System Software
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System Software is pretty nifty software.
It works kind of like a middle man control
center for a computer. Operating
Systems are great examples of this. Like
the Microsoft Windows chain.
○ http://Windows.microsoft.com/
Utility Programs
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WinZIP…!
○ www.winzip.com/
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The following are examples of Business
Software..
WORD PROCESSING
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A great program for the maximum word processing experience is Microsoft Word.
• http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/
SPREADSHEET SOFTWARE
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A good example of software with spreadsheets for organizing, would have to be Microsoft
Excel.
• http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel/
DATABASE SOFTWARE
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Some database software could be exemplified by: FileMaker
• www.filemaker.com
PRESENTATION
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PowerPoint is some amazing software to create visual aids or presentations.
• http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint/
NOTE TAKING
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A very simple yet effective note taking application is..: TomBoy
• http://projects.gnome.org/tomboy/?pagewanted=all
PERSONAL INFORMATION MANAGER (PIM)
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www.essentialpim.com/ is a great place to go and get your personal information managed!
BUSINESS SOFTWARE FOR PHONES
•
www.nbxsoftware.com/
BUSINESS SOFTWARE SUITE
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Netsuite is a great integrated web based business software suite..:
• http://www.netsuite.com/
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
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A great website to help you get started with project management software would be:
• http://quickbase.intuit.com  Quickbase
ACCOUNTING
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http://www.peachtree.com/  Easy to follow and very accurate accounting services, right
at your fingertips . Peachtree
DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT
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http://www.knowledgetree.com/ KnowledgeTree is a great Example of a type of Document
Management software.
ENTERPRISE COMPUTING
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Heres an example from Sun Microsystems, with the link leading to a page containing
different types of software/applications for computing within an enterprise.
• http://www.sun.com/software/index.jsp?cat=Enterprise%20Computing&tab=3
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This may not be a high maintenance
presentation, but it’s just to show all the
amazing programs of so many different types
that are out there at the tip of our grasp. It’s
just incredible. I hope you enjoyed my
presentation, and I hope your interested in the
links that I have shared.
Thanks,
Derrick McLeod(: