IS software-The comparison between general purpose application software and function-specific application software

Application software is known as end-user software that used to accomplish a variety of task. Application software can be divided into two categories: general purpose application software and function-specific application software. General purpose application software is using for majority of task and performance and it widely used by every profession. Function-specified application software is used only for specific task within specific profession.

General purpose application software included spreadsheet, word processing, data base management systems and presentation graphics. These software sometimes comes with a group that known as integrated packages and software suite.

Function-specific application software is mainly using in graphic, audio and video, multimedia, web authoring and artificial intelligence. Some of the software was developed to complete specific task on specific field like education, engineering, science, banking and finance.

General purpose application software and function-specific application software is different because they have different features. General purpose application software have a common features where can be used in most of the discipline and occupation where the function-specific application software can only be used on specific discipline and occupation because of specific features.

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Media PLayer Word Processing

General purpose application software is different from function-specific software because it had a different purpose for usage. Function-specific application software seems like more professional and understanding the task they do. A graphical general purpose application software may be satisfy mostly the general user but not the people who working for graphical design or artistic. These group people may require function-specific application software in order to complete their job.

Links :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_software

http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia_term/0,2542,t=application+software&i=37931,00.asp

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IS HardWare- The Evolution of computer system

Mainframes are computers used mainly by large organizations for critical applications, typically bulk data processing such as census, industry/consumer statistics, ERP, and financial transaction processing. The large primary storage capacity and high transaction processing can handle complex computations. Besides, it also becomes a popular computing platform for data mining, warehousing, and electronic commerce applications.

Minicomputer is a largely obsolete term for a class of multi-user computers which make up the middle range of the computing spectrum which is the high-end network that handle large scale processing of business applications. More modern terms for such machines include midrange systems, workstations and servers.

In addition, a microcomputer is most often taken to mean a computer with a microprocessor as its CPU. It usually called a personal computer or PC. Another general characteristic of these computers is that they occupy physically small amounts of space. The computing power now exceeds that of the mainframes of previous generation and the networked professional workstations used by business processions.

A supercomputer is a computer that leads the world in terms of processing capacity, particularly speed of calculation, at the time of its introduction. It extremely powerful systems designed for scientific, engineering, and business application. It can be uses on parallel processing due to the billions to trillions of operations per second to handle the complicated calculation and computing processions.

Links:

Video for evolution of computer system--http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-5nS2tVcTA

Articles and journal of evolution of computer system--http://www.springerlink.com/content/m066087r8318t141/

Computer system analysis--http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos287.htm

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