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INTRODUCTION
Application software, also known as an application, or an app, is computer
software designed to help the user to perform singular or multiple related
specific tasks. It helps to solve problems in the real world.

Examples include enterprise software,  accounting software,  office suites, 

graphics software, and media players.

Application software is contrasted with system software and middleware,

which manage and integrate a computer's capabilities, but typically do not
directly apply them in the performance of tasks that benefit the user. 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.
Computers have a large number of applications in variety of fields. Computers
have great applications in the field of Information Technology, Physics, Medical
sciences, Artificial intelligence, Robotics, Information Systems, Economics,
Statistics, Financial Management, Nuclear Physics, Businesses, and
Human Resource Management etc. Computers are widely used by the
businesses and organizations for effective management of information and
resources in almost all departments. Marketing and advertising agencies rely
on computer databases of customers and various other tools to track the
needs of the customers. Human Resource Management Information Systems
help organizations to keep record about the employees. Computers are used in
networks which help individuals in the organizations to communicate with
each other by sharing files and important documents.
What is computer application?

In computer science, an application is a computer program designed to help

people perform an activity. An application thus differs from an operating
system (which runs a computer), a utility (which performs maintenance or
general-purpose chores), and a programming language (with which computer
programs are created).

Depending on the activity for which it was designed, an application can

manipulate text, numbers, graphics, or a combination of these elements.

Some application packages offer considerable computing power by focusing on

a single task, such as word processing; others, called integrated software, offer
somewhat less power but include several applications.

User-written software tailors systems to meet the user's specific needs. User-

written software includes spreadsheet templates, word processor macros,
scientific simulations, and 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.

In some types of embedded systems, the application software and the

operating system software may be indistinguishable to the user, as in the case
of software used to control a VCR, DVD player or microwave oven.
Various types of application Software
There are many types of application software:

1. An application suite consists of multiple applications bundled

together. They usually have related functions, features and user interfaces,
and may be able to interact with each other, e.g. open each other's files.
Business applications often come in suites, e.g. Microsoft
Office, OpenOffice.org, and iWork, which bundle together a word
processor, a spreadsheet, etc.; but suites exist for other purposes, e.g.
graphics or music.

2. Enterprise software addresses the needs of organization processes

and data flow, often in a large distributed environment. (Examples include
financial systems, customer relationship management (CRM) systems, and
supply-chain management software). Note that Departmental Software is a
sub-type of Enterprise Software with a focus on smaller organizations or
groups within a large organization. (Examples include Travel Expense
Management and IT Helpdesk).Enterprise infrastructure software provides
common capabilities needed to support enterprise software systems.

3. Information worker software addresses the needs of individuals

to create and manage information, often for individual projects within a
department, in contrast to enterprise management. Examples include time
management, resource management, documentation tools, analytical, and
collaborative. Word processors, spreadsheets, email and blog clients,
personal information system, and individual media editors may aid in
multiple information worker tasks.
4. Content access software is software used primarily to access content
without editing, but may include software that allows for content editing.
Such software addresses the needs of individuals and groups
to consume digital entertainment and published digital content. (Examples
include Media Players, Web Browsers, Help browsers, and Games)

5. Educational software is related to content access software, but has

the content and/or features adapted for use in by educators or students.
For example, it may deliver evaluations (tests), track progress through
material, or include collaborative capabilities.
6. Simulation software are computer software for simulation of physical or
abstract systems for either research, training or entertainment purposes.
7. Media development software addresses the needs of individuals who
generate print and electronic media for others to consume, most often in a
commercial or educational setting. This includes Graphic Art software,
Desktop Publishing software, Multimedia Development software, HTML
editors, Digital Animation editors, Digital Audio and Video composition, and
many others.

8. Mobile applications run on hand-held devices such as mobile

phones, personal digital assistants, and enterprise digital assistants 
9. Product engineering software is used in developing hardware and
software products. This includes computer aided design (CAD), computer
aided engineering (CAE), computer language editing and compiling tools,
Integrated Development Environments, and Application Programmer
Interfaces. DOS and UNIX are examples of command-driven interfaces.

10. A graphical user interface (GUI) is one in which you select

command choices from various menus, buttons and icons using a mouse. It
 is a user-friendly interface. The Windows and Mac OS are both graphical
user interfaces.

Various applications of computer in real

life

It is a binding fact that are computers are very productive, efficient and make
our personal and professional lives more rewarding. These 'magical' machines
can do just about anything imaginable; moreover they really excel in certain
areas. Below is the list of some of the principal applications of the computer
systems:

1. Businesses. Businessmen make bar graphs and pie charts from

tedious figures to convey information with far more impact than
numbers alone can convey. Furthermore, computers help businesses to
predict their future sales, profits, costs etc. making companies more
accurate in their accounts. Computers may also play a vital role in
aiding thousands of organizations to make judgmental and hard-
provoking decisions concerning financial problems and prospective
trends.
Business software
 The small business market generally consists of home accounting
software, and office suites such as Microsoft Office and OpenOffice.org.
 The medium size, or SME, has a broader range of software applications,
ranging from accounting, groupware, customer relationship
management, human resources software, outsourcing relationship
management, loan origination software, shopping cart software, field
service software, and other productivity enhancing applications.
 The last segment covers enterprise level software applications, such as
those in the fields of enterprise resource planning, enterprise content
management (ECM), business process management and product. These
applications are extensive in scope, and often come with modules that
either add native functions, or incorporate the functionality of third-
party software programs.
Types of business software tools
 Digital Dashboards - Also known as Business Intelligence Dashboards,
Enterprise Dashboards, or Executive Dashboards, these are visually-based
summaries of business data that show at-a-glance understanding of
business conditions through metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
A very popular BI tool that has arisen in the last few years.
 Online Analytical Processing, commonly known
as OLAP (including HOLAP, ROLAP and MOLAP) - a capability of some
management, decision support, and executive information systems that
supports interactive examination of large amounts of data from many
perspectives.
 Reporting software generates aggregated views of data to keep the
management informed about the state of their business.
 Data mining - extraction of consumer information from a database by
utilizing software that can isolate and identify previously unknown patterns
or trends in large amounts of data. There are a variety of data mining
techniques that reveal different types of patterns. Some of the techniques
 that belong here are Statistical methods (particularly Business statistics)
and Neural networks as very advanced means of analyzing data.
 Business performance management (BPM)

2. Buildings. Architects use computer animated graphics to experiment

with possible exteriors and to give clients a visual walk-through of their
proposed buildings. The computers provide architects a numerous
amount of facilities to create different buildings with greater accuracy,
better designing and editing tools, and work done at the fastest speed
possible. Finally, a new kind of artist has emerged, one who uses
computers to express his or her creativity.
3. Education. Most good schools in the world have computers available
for use in the classroom. It has been proved that learning with
computers has been more successful and this is why numerous forms of
new teaching methods have been introduced. This enhances the
knowledge of the student at a much faster pace than the old traditional
methods. Likewise, colleges and various universities have extended the
use of computers as many educators prefer the 'learning by doing'
method - an approach uniquely suited to the computer.

Every student details need to be stored so a computer program could

help in this way. Multimedia, animations, graphics and charts could be
used to teach the students and many boring topics can be made
interesting using multimedia. Students could access internet for online
help and courses for more information.
Education software
A learning management system (commonly abbreviated as LMS) is a software
application for the administration, documentation, tracking, and reporting of
training programs, classroom and online events, e-learning programs, and
training content. LMS do the following:

 centralize and automate administration

 use self-service and self-guided services
 assemble and deliver learning content rapidly
 consolidate training initiatives on a scalable web-based platform
 support portability and standards
 Personalize content and enable knowledge reuse.

LMSs range from systems for managing training and educational records, to
software for distributing courses over the Internet with features for online
collaboration. Corporate training use LMSs to automate record-keeping and
employee registration. Student self-service (e.g., self-registration on instructor-
led training), training workflow (e.g., user notification, manager approval, wait-
list management), the provision of on-line learning (e.g., Computer-Based
Training, read & understand), on-line assessment, management of continuous
professional education (CPE), collaborative learning (e.g., application sharing,
discussion threads), and training resource management (e.g., instructors,
facilities, equipment), are dimensions to Learning Management Systems. Some
LMSs are Web-based to facilitate access to learning content and
administration. LMSs are used by regulated industries (e.g. financial services
and biopharma) for compliance training. It is also used by educational
institutions to enhance and support classroom teaching and offering courses to
a larger population of learners across the globe. Some LMS providers include
"performance management systems", which encompass employee appraisals,
competency management, skills-gap analysis, succession planning, and multi-
rater assessments (i.e., 360 degree reviews). Modern techniques now
employ Competency-based learning to discover learning gaps and guide
training material selection.
4. Retailing. Products from meats to magazines are packed with zebra-
striped bar codes that can be read by the computer scanners at
supermarket checkout stands to determine prices and help manage
inventory. Thus, a detailed receipt of the groceries can be made, which
is useful for both the customer and the retail store, especially for the
stock control system. This is referred as POS (Point of Sale) transaction
where a precise account of all the stocks available is recorded and
manipulated.

5. Energy. Energy companies use computers to locate oil, coal, natural

gas and uranium. With the use of these technological machines, these
companies can figure out the site of a natural resource, its
concentration and other related figures. Electric companies use
computers to monitor vast power networks. In addition, meter readers
use hand held computers to record how much energy is used each
month in homes and offices.
6. Law Enforcement. Recent innovation in computerized law
enforcement include national fingerprint files, a national file on the
mode of operation of serial killers, and computer modeling of DNA,
which can be used to match traces from an alleged criminal's body,
such as blood at a crime scene. In addition, computers also contain
complete databases of all the names, pictures and information of such
people who choose to break the law.

7. Transportation. Computers are used in cars to monitor fluid levels,

temperatures and electrical systems. Computers are also used to help
run rapid transit systems, load containerships and track railroads cars
across the country. An important part is the air control traffic systems,
where computers are used to control the flow of traffic between
airplanes which needs a lot of precision and accuracy to be dealt with.

Traffic light control: - In traffic light control the computer is being

employed to drive the traffic light. There are some programmed codes
like " turn off the red light" or "turn on the red light" to control the
traffic light and to carry out the instructions that follows.
8. Government. Among other tasks, the federal government uses
computers to forecast the weather, to manage parks and historical
sites, to process immigrants, to produce social security checks and to
collect taxes. The most important use of the computer system in this
field is perhaps the Army, the Air Force and the Navy. The computers
have to be very powerful and in order to be run they have to be very
accurate and precise. E.g. in the use of missiles and other likes, every
nanosecond counts, which may save trillions of lives on this planet. The
government also uses computers in various simulations like the spread
of influenza in a particular locality.
9. Health and Medicine. Computers are helping immensely to monitor
thee extremely ill in the intensive care unit and provide cross-sectional
views of the body. This eliminates the need for hired nurses to watch
the patient twenty-four hours a day, which is greatly tiring and error
prone. Doctors use computers to assist them in diagnosing certain
diseases of the sort. This type of computer is called the Expert System,
which is basically a collection of accumulated expertise in a specific area
of field. Computers are now able to map, in exquisite detail, the
structure of the human cold virus - the first step towards the common
cold. Furthermore, computers are used greatly in managing patients,
doctors, wards and medicine records, as well as deal with making
appointments, scheduling surgeries and other likes.
Types of medical software

 Monitors
Heart rate, blood pressure, breathing rate, use software to interpret the
sensor information and display it in a meaningful way on a monitor.
 Medication pumps
These devices are programmed to pump a certain amount
of plasma, blood, saline solution, or other medication into a patient at a
certain rate. The software provides the ability to control many aspects of
treatment procedures.
 Analysis
Many devices, such as CAT scanners, measure raw data that is essentially
meaningless to people. Software reinterprets this data to create images
that doctors can read and understand.
 Expert Systems
A variety of expert systems help clinicians and practitioners in decision
making for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.
 Therapy delivery
The software in implantable pacemakers and defibrillators provides fault-
tolerant, real-time, mission-critical monitoring of cardiac rhythms and
associated therapy delivery.
 Medical and healthcare educational software
Software used as an educational or study tool for healthcare professionals.
 Medical informatics
Software for the business and informational aspect of medicine,
e.g. EMR/EHR Software.
10. Money. When there was no computer, everywhere manual system
was followed which was a very complicated but now with the coming of
computer everything is in a very systematic way. Every bank is now
using a computerized system because it is very fast and user friendly.
ATM cards are used every where now which let us bank any time we
want. PC banking (Personal Computer banking) helps to view our bank
balance, request transfers between accounts and pay bills electronically
etc…

Computers speed up record keeping and allow banks to offer same-day

services and even do-it yourself banking over the phone and internet.
Computers have helped fuel the cashless economy, enabling the
widespread use of credit cards, debit cards and instantaneous credit
checks by banks and retailers. There is also a level of greater security
when computers are involved in money transactions as there is a better
chance of detecting forged cheques and using credit/debit cards
illegally etc.
There are so many applications of computers, that it is impractical to mention
all of them. This is the Computer Age and these machines are beginning to
affect out lives in many ways. Computers are now becoming faster, more
reliable, effective and whole lot cheaper than they had been ever before.

Computers are all around us and avoiding them is virtually impossible. We

have been exposed in the world of computer hype, computer advertisements
and computer headlines. We interact with computers in our daily lives -
whether we are at the cinemas, the school, or the public library.