Category:Application software

(1) Application software is the general designation of computer programs for performing user tasks. Application software may be general purpose (word processing, web browsers, ...) or have a specific purpose (accounting, truck scheduling, ...). Application software contrasts with (2} system software which is the set of programs used to start and run the computer system and applications; and (3) programming tools, such as compilers and linkers, used to translate and combine computer program source code and libraries into executable programs (programs that will belong to one of the three said categories).

List of Application Software Category Trees (IN PROGRESS)
Business, Free Business
 * Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Free CRM
 * Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Free ERP
 * Financial
 * Accounting, Free Accounting,
 * Linux Accounting
 * Investment Club
 * Free electronic commerce
 * Presentation, Free Presentation
 * Project Management, Free Project Management
 * Mind-Mapping
 * Risk Management
 * Spreadsheets, Free Spreadsheets
 * Online Spreadsheets
 * Technical Analysis
 * Word processors, Free Word Processors
 * Linux Word Processors, Mac OS X Word Processors, Mac OS Word Processors, Windows Word Processors

Entertainment
 * Novelty
 * Sports

Health

Legal

Music

Science, Free Science
 * Astronomy, Free Astronomy
 * Linux planetarium
 * Bioinformatics
 * Molecular modelling, Molecular dynamics
 * Chemistry
 * Computational chemistry
 * Molecular modelling, Molecular dynamics
 * Geographic information system (GIS), Free GIS
 * Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI)
 * Geology
 * Laboratory
 * Linguistic research
 * Mass spectrometry
 * Mathematics, Free mathematics
 * Interactive geometry, Free interactive geometry
 * Numerical
 * Pi
 * Statistical, Free statistical
 * Econometrics, Free econometrics
 * Free Bayesian statistics
 * Spreadsheets, Free spreadsheets
 * Theorem provers, Free theorem provers
 * Physics
 * Molecular modelling, Molecular dynamics
 * Optics
 * Plotting, Free plotting

Draft list of Application Software Categories

 * Bibliography: Reference management software
 * Cheminformatics
 * Computer Graphics
 * CNC, CAD, and CAM
 * Digital photography
 * Electronic design automation
 * Entertainment - Novelty software
 * Childhood
 * Cryptography
 * Education
 * Genealogy
 * Knowledge representation
 * Legal
 * Multimedia
 * Music
 * Neural networks
 * Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs)
 * Personal information managers
 * Publishing
 * Digital typography
 * Religion
 * Role-playing Games
 * Simulation
 * Travel technology
 * Sports
 * Video games
 * Visualization
 * Web


 * Free Software

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