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There are millions of software applications catering to a very wide range of needs - from a highly complex Internet Search engine to the miniscule desktop calendar application intended to be run in a PDA.
We will explore some of the popular software applications in this article.
Driver software
Driver software makes hardware components work. Device driver software provides information that the operating system requires to make the particular device function in the way that it is intended to. The manufacturer of the hardware component usually provides the driver software.
Some driver software guides identify your computer's PCI, AGP and USB devices and display the list of drivers that you need to use.
PDA software Application
PDA (Personal Desktop Assistant) software application offers a wide range of utilities. PDA shopping list software allows you to create and maintain shopping lists with features such as auto-fill and multiple store prices. PDA software helps you plan your travel details easily. With PDA software application, you can track airline and hotel reservations, store ticket prices and access frequent travel phone numbers. You can utilize PDA listing software to update your to-do list and memo pad. The PDA office software maintains your address book and stores PIN details.
PDA calculator software allows standard and scientific features with extensive programming capabilities. Theme user interfaces and launcher environments make PDA software very interesting to use.
Spy software
Spy software allows you to secretly monitor and record all activity on a computer, including emails, file operations, online conversations and keystrokes. The term 'spy' does not necessarily involve state level monitoring with the vast resources of the National Security Agency (NSA), but on a humbler level to monitor unwarranted activities on your computer or server by kids. Hackers generally employ such software to capture keystrokes or to enable a rear door entry for later exploits. With the wide spread use of Windows and its attendant vulnerabilities, it becomes easy for a trained Hacker to look for potential victims in order to use their bandwidth to launch a distributed denial of service attack.
Spy software helps to observe what people are doing online/offline as well as take screen snapshots every few seconds with a surveillance camera. Spy software comes with features such as auto-start monitoring and password protection.
Application window logging feature of spy software records all applications' window activity like window title and opening and closing time. Advanced features of spy software include delivering activity logs to remote computers and time scheduling of starting the spy program.
Math software
Mathematics software allows you to calculate, graph and communicate ideas in a visual format. Engineers use math software to capture, manage and share knowledge. Engineering related work can be done using software like Lotus 123 or the contemporary Excel spreadsheet to automate the process of calculating and also to visualize the results of your calculation and display that in a wide range of graphs. What-if type of calculation and interest calculation has been simplified with the advent of this spreadsheet software. With the easy to implement macros often packaged along with the spreadsheet, it is easy for anyone with a little knowledge of the programming languages to do high-level automation on the steps involved in calculation. You can document your calculations in real mathematics notation with this software so that it can be understood and used.
Survey software
- Survey software helps design and maintain questionnaires.
- Survey software creates data entry program for respondent's answers.
- Survey software analyzer tool plots graphs, tables and grids.
Survey results can be analyzed using the software tools like frequency, grid and statistical analysis. Survey software for the Internet allows surveys to be created and deployed directly from the web server.
Word processing software
What was probably one of the incentives to buy the IBM PC, which appeared in the early 1980s, WordStar happened to epitomize the word processing application. WordStar spelt the doom for typewriters with its ability to manipulate words with unmatched ease. The ability to store words or even sentences and recall them using a simple Hotkey resulted in faster and better documentation process. With the advent of GUI devices and Apple Mac computers designed from the ground up for visually rich interface also enabled the documents to portray images and graphics. Fancy Formatting was plucked away from the professional service bureaus to the humble desktop empowering many users.
Editors like SED and Vi are also word processing software that is used by UNIX users. SED is word processing software that typically takes input from a file and displays on screen or into a file. Vi is word processing editor software that has powerful features that aid programmers but may overwhelm users at first.
Database software
Database software aids in organizing data in a manner so as to make it flexible for modification and querying. Structured Query Language (SQL) is the essence of modern database software architecture. Methods to create and manage relational databases are defined by SQLs.
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