1. System Software Application Software
Helps run the computer and coordinates instructions between application software and the computer’s hardware devices.
This includes the operating system and utility programs.
Application Software
What you use to do tasks at home, school, and work.
You can do a multitude of things with application software, such as:
Writing letters
Sending
Balancing a budget
Creating a presentations
Editing photos
Taking an online course

2. Personal Information Manager
Application
Software
Word processing
Spreadsheet
Presentation
Database
Personal Information Manager
Personal finance
Productivity
Image editing
Audio editing
Video editing
Media management
Media
Gaming
Education
Reference
Drawing
Home/Entertainment
Home business
Large business
Specialized business
Business

3. Productivity Software
Programs that enable you to perform various tasks generally required in home, school, and business
This category includes:
Word processing
Spreadsheets
Presentation
Database
Personal information manager

4. Word Processing Software:
Most students use word-processing software to create and edit documents such as:
letters
resume
research papers

5. Productivity Software Tools
Wizards:
Step by step guides that walk you through the necessary steps to complete a complicated task.
Templates:
Forms included in many productivity applications that provide the basic structure for a particular kind of document, spreadsheet, or presentation.
Macros:
Small programs that group a series of commands to run as a single command.

6. A group of software programs that have been bundled as a package.
Software Suites:
A group of software programs that have been bundled as a package.
Example:
Microsoft Office – includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Publisher, One Note

7. Freeware and Shareware
A copyrighted software that you can use for free.
Shareware:
Software distributed freely, but with certain conditions.
Sometimes the software is released on a trial basis only and must be registered after a certain period of time.