Categories of Application Software
by Katherine St. Hilaire
1. Schools
1.1. School/Student Management
1.2. Gradebook
1.3. K-12 Educational Software Applications
1.4. Special Needs
2. Home/Personal
2.1. Personal Fiance
2.2. Tax Preparation
2.3. Legal
2.4. Entertainment
3. Communication
3.1. E-mail
3.2. Web Browser
3.3. Chat Rooms
3.4. Newsgroups
3.5. Instant Messaging
3.6. Blogs
3.7. Wikis
4. Productivity/Business
4.1. World Processing
4.2. Spreadsheet
4.3. Presentation Graph
4.4. Database
4.5. Personal Information Management
4.6. Software Suite
5. Graphic Design/Multimedia
5.1. Desktop Publishing
5.2. Paint/Image Editing
5.3. Multimedia Authoring
5.4. Web Page Authoring
