Application

Software

(BBD 10803)

TOPIC 6:
Application Software
 Topics to be covered

 6.1 Introduction
 6.2 General purposes application software
 6.3 Specialized application
 6.4 Mobile Application
 6.5 Software Suites
 6.6 Application software for communication
 Topic learning outcomes

 Define application software

 State general purposes application software
 State specialized software
 State mobile application
 State software suites
 State application software for communication
 6.1 Introduction

What is software?

 A set of instructions that tell the computers what to do

 Also called a program, provides means to us to interact with

and use computer

 Two types of software:

- System software
- Application software
 6.1 Introduction

System software Application software

 6.1 Introduction

 Software
System software Application software
• Coordinates instructions • Program used to complete tasks
between software and
hardware
• Includes • Includes
- Operating system - Productivity software
- Utility programs - Specialty software
- Entertainment software
- Educational and Reference software
- Personal software
6.1 Introduction

A layer structure
showing where the
operating system
software and
application software
are situated while
running on a typical
desktop computer
 6.1 Introduction

 Application software contains programs developed to

fulfil the need of certain users

 Application software is divided into:

 General purposes application software

 Specialized application

 Mobile application

 Software suite

 Application for communication

 6.2 General purposes application software

 General purpose software (also known as basic

application software) is a sort of software that used
at home and workplace

 Provides many features and multiple function that

are usable to the majority users

 Its objective is to increase productivity of users by

helping them to perform normal tasks
 6.2 General purposes application software

 There are seven types of general purposes

application software
 Packaged software or commercial software
 Custom software
 Freeware
 Web application
 Open source software
 Public domain software
 Shareware software
 Packaged software or commercial software

 Software developed and sold for profit.

 As it is mass produced and copyrighted, this means it

caters for wide variety of users.

 Examples may include Microsoft Office, Adobe

Photoshop and Norton Antivirus.
 Packaged software or commercial software
(Adobe)

Adobe Photoshop – editing images

Adobe Flash – creating animation

Adobe Illustrator – sketching

 Packaged software or commercial software
(Microsoft Office)

Word processing software

creating table

formatting
text

creating chart
Microsoft Office Word
 Packaged software or commercial software
(Microsoft Office)

creating
Presentation software presentation
slide

creating
presentation
template

Microsoft Office PowerPoint creating

chart
 Packaged software or commercial software
(Microsoft Office)

Spreadsheet software
storing sales
data

generating
graph & chart

Microsoft Office Excel

creating
formula
Packaged software or commercial software
(Antivirus)

Norton
Antivirus Kaspersky
Antivirus

Avast
Antivirus
 Custom software

 Software that performs specific functions for any

business or industry.

 This software is required when there is no packaged

software that can meet such specific requirements.

 As a result, the company needs to find or hire developers

to develop the tailor-made software to fulfil the business
needs.

 Some examples are e-procurement system and e-

recruitment system.
 Custom software

Procument
software

e-recruitment
system
 Freeware

 Software distributed to be used for free.

 As it is also copyrighted, users still do not have

access to source codes to make any modifications.

 QuickTime Player and Yahoo! Messenger (obsolete)

are examples of freeware.
 Freeware

Google VLC Media

Chrome Player

Whatsappp Skype
 Web application

 Software hosted on a server allowing users to access

and interacts from any computer via the Internet
connection.

 A web application utilizes web browsers and web

technology to perform tasks all over the internet
 Web application

 Advantages of web applications:

 Quick and easy maintenance – fix at once

 There are no compatibility issues – All operating systems carry

a built-in browser, so a web app can run on all desktop,
smartphone, and tablet operating systems regardless of the
operating system in particular.
 Do not take up space on the hard disk.
 Web application

Piktochart – Google Doc –

creating creating
infographic & document
chart

Pixlr.com– Netflix– video

photo streaming
editing
 Open source software

 Software that has no copyright restrictions.

 Thus, it can be used, modified and redistributed

freely.

 It can also be downloaded from the Internet without

any cost.

 Examples are Blender and Moodle.

 Open source software

 Examples are Blender and Moodle.

 Public domain software

 Free software and can be used, copied, modified and

distributed to others without any restrictions.

 The public owns the ownership; therefore, the

software is not copyrighted. SQLite is an example of
public domain software.
 Shareware

 Software distributed and available to try for free.

 Although it requires no cost during trial period, it is

still copyrighted.

 In order to use this software for longer period of

time, users need to pay certain fees to the developer.

 Popular examples of shareware are WinZip and

WinRAR.
 Shareware

WinZip
 Shareware

WinRAR
 6.2 General purposes application software

 There are several good reasons for using general

purposes application software
Thoroughly tested
Relatively cheap so there won’t be
and affordable any serious
problems or bugs
Advantages
Easily available There will be lots of user
from most support i.e. books, user
computer shops guides, online help and
discussion forums on
the Internet
 6.3 Specialized Applications

 Specialized applications let users perform advanced

computing tasks.

 Also, specially designed for an individual or company's

specific needs.

 Examples include Web design, graphics, audio and video

editing, artificial intelligence, and cell phone apps.

 Competent end users need to be aware of specialized

applications.
 6.3 Specialized Applications

 Graphics
 Audio and Video
 Multimedia
 Web Authoring
 Artificial Intelligence
 Virtual Reality

 Knowledge-based Systems

 Robotics
 6.3 Specialized Applications - Graphics

 Several types of application for graphics are:

 Desktop publishing

 Image editors

 Illustration program

 Image galleries

 Graphic suites
 Desktop Publishing

 Desktop publishing is a tool to create visual

communications such as brochures, business cards,
greeting cards, web pages, posters and more or
professional or desktop printing as well as for online
or on-screen electronic publishing.

 Programs that allow user to:

 Mix text and graphic

 Produces professional quality

 Desktop Publishing

 Popular program in desktop publishing:

 Adobe InDesign

 Microsoft Publisher

 QuarkXpress
 Image Editors

 Image editors is a software that allow user to do the

processes of altering images, whether they are digital
photograph, traditional photo-chemical photographs or
illustrations.

 Also defined as software that allows images to be edited

and also converted to different graphics formats

 Image editors typically deal with only bitmapped

images such as GIFs, JPEGs and BMPs; however,
some editors support both bitmaps and illustrations (see
vector graphics).
 Image Editor

 Popular image editor software:

 GIMP – GNU Image Manipulation Program

 Paint.NET

 Adobe Photoshop

 Coral PaintShop Pro

 Illustration Programs

 Illustration program is a drawing program

 Deal with vector images

 Use geometric shapes or objects

Raster (bitmap) image vs vector image

 Illustration Programs

 Popular illustration software

 Adobe Illustrator

 Inkscape

 CorelDRAW
 Image Galleries

 Libraries of electronic images

 Two basic types:

 Stock photographs

 Clip arts

 Popular web image gallery

 juicebox

 Gallery 2

 Zenphoto
 Graphic Suites

 Bundled graphic programs

 Lower cost compared to individual program

 Popular program
 CorelDRAW Graphic Suite

 Adobe Creative Suite

6.3 Specialized Applications – Audio & Video

 Audio editing software

 Create and edit audio clips

 Filter out imperfections

 Make MP3s

 Popular Programs
 Apple Garage Band

 Sony ACID
6.3 Specialized Applications – Audio & Video

 Video editing software

 Reorganize

 Add effects

 Popular Programs
 Apple iMovie

 Windows Movie Maker

 6.3 Specialized Applications - Multimedia

 Multimedia - The integration of a variety of media

into one presentation
 Video
 Audio
 Animation
 Graphics
 Text
 Interactivity
 6.3 Specialized Applications - Multimedia

 Multimedia authoring programs

 Create multimedia presentations

 Bring together video, audio, graphics, and text elements into

interactive framework

 Popular programs
 Toolbook

 Adobe Director
6.3 Specialized Applications – Web Authoring

 Creating a website
 Corporation use the web to reach new customer

 Individuals create their own personal site, called blog

 Can be divided to:

 Website design

 Web authoring program

 Website design

 Interactive multimedia form of communication

 Create a graphical map of overall design

 Add multimedia element like animation using flash movie

 Popular free website design platform

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 Web Authoring Program

 Web Pages are typically HTML documents

 Word Processors can create simple HTML

documents

 Web Authoring programs known as Web page

editors or HTML editors
 Advanced Web site design
 Creates HTML coding
 Web Authoring Program

 Popular programs
 Adobe Dreamweaver

 NetObjects Fusion

 Microsoft Expression
6.3 Specialized Applications – Artificial Intelligence

 Attempts to stimulate human senses thought processes,

and actions
 Reasoning
 Learning from past experience
 Vision
 Touch

 Help people and organizations become more

productive

 Three areas of AI
 Virtual reality
 Knowledge-based (expert) systems
 Robotics
 Virtual Reality

 Artificial or stimulated reality

 Generated in 3D computer by a computer

 Commonly known as VR, artificial reality or virtual

environments

 Example: Second Life from Linden Labs

 Knowledge-based (Expert) Systems

 Artificial intelligence that uses a database for

assistance

 Database is known as a knowledge base

 Facts, rules to relate the facts, and user input to formulate
recommendations or decisions

 Many use "fuzzy logic"

 Robotics

 The field of study concerned with developing and

using robots
 Computer-controlled machines
 Mimic motor activities of living things
 Four types of robots
 Perception system robots
 Industrial robots
 Mobile robots
 Household
robots
 6.5 Mobile Apps

 Add-on features for mobile devices including

smartphones, netbooks, and tablets.
 Text messaging
 Internet browsing
 Connecting to
social networks
 Shopping or business
 Games
 Specific purposes

 Usually can be downloaded via Apple Store or

Google Playstore
 6.5 Mobile Apps

Text Messaging
Social
network

Internet
browsing
 6.5 Mobile Apps

Shopping
or business Specific
purposes

Games
 6.5 Software Suite

 A software suite or application suite, is a

collection of computer programs —usually
application software or programming software— of
related functionality, often sharing a more-or-less
common user interface and some ability to smoothly
exchange data with each other.

 Sometimes software "suites" are at a lower price than

buying each of "suite" programs.
 6.5 Software Suite

 Popular software suites

 Microsoft Office

 Adobe Creative Suite

 CorelDRAW Graphics Suite

6.6 Application Software for Communication

 Allow user to connect with other computers or mobile

devices via text, video or audio formats in either a
synchronous or asynchronous manner

 some means of communication, such as email, are

asynchronous, Web conferencing and video chat are
synchronous -- allowing all parties to communicate in
real-time.

 Some communication software is only available for

mobile devices; others can be used on computers as well.
6.6 Application Software for Communication

 There are various types of communication means:

 Video Chat – ie: Skype, Facetime, ooVoo

 Video Messaging – ie: Glide, Samba

 Web Conferencing – ie: Adobe Connect

 Email – ie: Microsoft Outlook, Gmail, Yahoo! Mail

 Messenger – Facebook Messenger, Whats App, BeeTalk,

Snapchat, Telegram
 Video Chat

 Voice over Internet Protocol or VoIP allows user to

communicate with others over the Internet without
using phones.

 User can communicate directly from one computer

to another, usually at no charge, or connect to a cell
phone or landline for a small fee. For example, user
only pay the internet line fee

 Some application allow user for group video chat.

 Video Chat - Skype

 Skype is available for Windows, Mac, Linux and

mobile devices. With a webcam on your computer,
you can video chat with up to 10 people at once or
even send a video message.
 Video Chat - Facetime

 Facetime runs on all Apple products ie: Iphone, Ipad,

Ipod. Commonly, its only allow one-to-one chat only
at one time.
 However, iOS 12 and onwards allow group video chat
and called as ‘Group Facetime’
 Video Chat - ooVoo

 ooVoo is also multi-platform, albeit with less

features for Mac. Use ooVoo to video chat with up to
12 contacts, send video messages, swap screens and
send files.
 Video Messaging

 Video messaging differs from VoIP in that it is not a

medium for discussions, but one in which you send a
contact a short video instead of text; the recipient
can watch it instantly or whenever he want
 Video Messaging - Glide

 Glide used to send fast videos to groups or

individuals with no uploading or downloading
required; edit them on-the-go.
 User can chat in groups as well as send and receive
videos and text.
 It is available in the Apple App Store or Google Play.
 Video Messaging - Samba

 Samba goes one step further; it automatically

records the recipient's reaction to the video on the
phone's front-facing camera.
 As of this publication, Samba is only available for
iOS.
 Web Conferencing

 Web conferencing is generally used by businesses for

meetings, training events or to relay other information to
people in a remote location.

 A monthly fee is usually required to use the software.

 Participants can provide feedback to the moderator or

chat with the room or an individual and make notes.

 They can also share screens, whiteboards or documents

and gain control of the meeting if desired.
 Web Conferencing – Adobe Connect

 Adobe Connect (formerly Presedia Publishing

System, Macromedia Breeze, and Adobe Acrobat
Connect Pro) is software used to create information
and general presentations, online training materials,
web conferencing, learning modules, and user
desktop sharing

 All meeting rooms are organized into 'pods'; with

each pod performing a specific role (i.e. chat,
whiteboard, note, etc.).
Web Conferencing – Adobe Connect
 Email

 The old standby of regular email is still a heavily

used communication tool, so a good email client is
essential.

 Most of emailing software works on any IMAP or

POP account, allowing users to consolidate their mail
into one place

 There are two types of email:

 Client based
 Web based
 Client based email

Client based email

Advantages Disadvantages
Can store as much email on your you can only check your email from a
computer as you want and save it for as computer that has an email-client
long as you would like configured for your account.

The only limit is the size of your hard

drive

Able to read, write and reply to email

while you are off-line

Enabling users to easily sort, organize

and coordinate with corresponding
calendars.
 Client based email – Microsoft Outlook

 Although often used mainly as an email application,

it also includes a calendar, task manager, contact
manager, note taking, journal and web browsing.
 Web based email

Web based email

Advantages Disadvantages
You can access it from any computer in Web-based email usually limits the
the world that has an Internet amount of email messages you can store
connection on the server

No special email client software is

necessary to install
 Software as a Service (SaaS)

 SaaS is an alternative way in accessing software

instead of traditional way

 SaaS refers to a subscription based model where the

software is hosted in the cloud and accessed via the
internet.
 Software as a Service (SaaS)

Traditional Software Software as a Service

Users need to purchase the software Monthly basis subscription, no

and install onto their computer with upfront payment
high price
Licenses maybe limited to numbers of Users may end their subscription at
users any time
The software is always updated

Does not required storage space in

computer because it stores in cloud
 Software as a Service (SaaS)

Benefits of SaaS
No hardware cost No initial cost setup
- Processing power is supplied by the cloud - Applications are ready to use once the user
provider subscribes
Pay For What You Use Usage is Scalable
- Particularly beneficial when something is - Additional storage or services can be
only required for a short period accessed on demand without needing to
install new software and hardware
Updates are Automatic Cross Device Compatibility
- Updates are often free of change and - Applications can be accessed via any
deployed automatically by the software internet enabled device, such as desktops,
provider smart phones and tablets
Accessible From Any Location Applications can be Customised and
- Users aren’t restricted to one location and White Labelled
can access applications from any internet - Applications can often be altered to suit the
enabled device needs and branding of particular customers
 Software as a Service (SaaS)

 Area of SaaS can be used

 Accounting and invoicing

 Tracking sales

 Planning

 Performance monitoring

 Communication

 Office software