Categories of Application Software
by Katherine St. Hilaire
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