Application Software
“Application software, also known as an application or an app, is computer software designed to help the user to perform specific tasks. “ [1] There are many different kinds of application software including web browsers, video players, and word processors. I didn’t know that the operating system of a computer is not considered application software and are system software. System software is defined as: “… computer software designed to operate and control the computer hardware and to provide a platform for running application software.” [2]
Application software is a perfect example of an information system since they all have input, processing, output, and feedback. For example, a spreadsheet program takes the information you type on the keyword as input, can process the inputted number with a pre-set formula to update new totals, and then output the data in a pretty graph. A restaurant owner could see an outputted graph of profit as feedback to change his inputted cost of meals.
Open Office is an application software that I never heard of. It is a collection of applications that is very similar to Microsoft Office, expect that it’s free. “Although Microsoft Office retained 95% of the general market as measured by revenue as of August 2007, OpenOffice.org and StarOffice had secured 15-20% of the business market as of 2004.” [3] I am surprised that I have never heard of Open Office or used it before.
Open Office would be perfect for a new, small organization that has very little money. It could be used in almost every value chain of a small company. Open Office has a database application called Base. Base could be used both in upstream and downstream management. The logistics and customer information can be stored in Base. Also, the marketing department can use Open Office’s separate presentation, flowchart, and word processor application software to make sales presentations.
There are numerous application software for businesses to use. Open Office is great example since it is an application suite that includes many application software. It includes most of the features that Microsoft Office has. More and more a cash strapped start up businesses are using free application software like Open Office.
Sources:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applications_software
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_software
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_office#Market_share
“Application software, also known as an application or an app, is computer software designed to help the user to perform specific tasks. “ [1] There are many different kinds of application software including web browsers, video players, and word processors. I didn’t know that the operating system of a computer is not considered application software and are system software. System software is defined as: “… computer software designed to operate and control the computer hardware and to provide a platform for running application software.” [2]
Application software is a perfect example of an information system since they all have input, processing, output, and feedback. For example, a spreadsheet program takes the information you type on the keyword as input, can process the inputted number with a pre-set formula to update new totals, and then output the data in a pretty graph. A restaurant owner could see an outputted graph of profit as feedback to change his inputted cost of meals.
Open Office is an application software that I never heard of. It is a collection of applications that is very similar to Microsoft Office, expect that it’s free. “Although Microsoft Office retained 95% of the general market as measured by revenue as of August 2007, OpenOffice.org and StarOffice had secured 15-20% of the business market as of 2004.” [3] I am surprised that I have never heard of Open Office or used it before.
Open Office would be perfect for a new, small organization that has very little money. It could be used in almost every value chain of a small company. Open Office has a database application called Base. Base could be used both in upstream and downstream management. The logistics and customer information can be stored in Base. Also, the marketing department can use Open Office’s separate presentation, flowchart, and word processor application software to make sales presentations.
There are numerous application software for businesses to use. Open Office is great example since it is an application suite that includes many application software. It includes most of the features that Microsoft Office has. More and more a cash strapped start up businesses are using free application software like Open Office.
Sources:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applications_software
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_software
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_office#Market_share
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