Categories of Application Software

1. Productivity/Business

1.1. World Processing

1.2. Spreadsheet

1.3. Presentation Graph

1.4. Database

1.5. Personal Information Management

1.6. Software Suite

2. Graphic Design/Multimedia

2.1. Desktop Publishing

2.2. Paint/Image Editing

2.3. Multimedia Authoring

2.4. Web Page Authoring

3. Schools

3.1. School/Student Management

3.2. Gradebook

3.3. K-12 Educational Software Applications

3.4. Special Needs

4. Home/Personal

4.1. Personal Fiance

4.2. Tax Preparation

4.3. Legal

4.4. Entertainment

5. Communication

5.1. E-mail

5.2. Web Browser

5.3. Chat Rooms

5.4. Newsgroups

5.5. Instant Messaging

5.6. Blogs

5.7. Wikis