Category:Application software

(1) Application software is the general designation of computer programs for performing user tasks. Application software may be general purpose (word processing, web browsers, ...) or have a specific purpose (accounting, truck scheduling, ...). Application software contrasts with (2} system software, a generic term referring to the computer programs used to start and run computer systems and networks; and (3) programming tools, such as compilers and linkers, used to translate and combine computer program source code and libraries into executable programs (programs that will belong to one of the three said categories).

Guide to Application software subcategories
This guide is provided as an aide to locating those categories appropriate for an application software article. Lowest level subcategories are sometimes omitted (keeping the guide to a manageable size); click on any subcategory below to see if there are more detailed subcategories.

Business: Administrative, Business simulation, Business Process Management (BPM), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise application integration, Message-oriented middleware, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Financial, Accounting, Investment Club, Office, Content management systems (CMS), Blog, Collaborative, Document Management, Version control, Video Hosting, Widget management, Wiki, Zope, Office suites, Presentation, Spreadsheets, Typing, Word processors, Project Management, Mind-Mapping, Reporting, Risk Management, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Technical Analysis, Workflow Technology

Childhood

Communication: Amateur Radio, Bluetooth, Bulletin Board, Email, Instant Messaging Clients, Electronic mailing Lists, Technical Communication Tools, Diagramming, Documentation generators, Online help, Web Browsers

Digital Typography:
 * Desktop publishing
 * Editing, Audio editors, Font editors, Formula editors, Hex editors, Outliners, Raster graphics editors, Raster to Vector Conversion, Spell checkers, TeX Editors, Text editors, Collaborative real-time editors, HTML editors, JavaScript-based HTML editors, Notepad replacements, Vector Graphics Editors
 * Typesetting, EPUB readers (e-books), Page description, PDF, PostScript, TeX, Troff

Education: Edu-Ware educational, Educational operating systems, Educational Programming Languages, Interactive geometry, Learning Management, Notetaking, Pedagogic integrated development environments, Renaissance Learning, Virtual learning environments

Entertainment: Video Games, Gambling, Draughts, Computer Chess, Go, Poker, Role-playing Games, Novelty, Demos, Sports

Genealogy

Government

Computer Graphics:, 3D Graphics, Animation, 2D Animation, Card Creator, Data visualization, Diagramming, Image organizers, Image VIewers, Digital Photography, Panorama, Photo stitching, Raster Graphics, Raster to Vector Conversion, Screencasting (capture), Vector Graphics editors

Health: Dental, Disability, Screen readers, Speech synthesis, Healthcare, Neuroimaging

Identity: Biometrics, Identity management, Password managers

Industry: Production and manufacturing, Computer-aided engineering, Building information modeling, Computer-aided design, Computer-aided engineering, Geotechnical engineering, Optical, Electronic Design Automation (EDA), Electronic circuit simulators, Computer-aided manufacturing, Film production, Screenwriting, Robotics Knowledge Representation: Concept Mapping, Mind-mapping, Ontology editors, Rule engines, Expert systems

Language: Computational linguistics, Computer-assisted translation, Machine translation

Legal

Library and Information Science: Dictionary, Digital library, Institutional Repository, Library Automation, Reference management, BibTex

Multimedia: Audio, Audio codecs, Audio editors, Digital audio recording, Compositing, Media players, Media readers, Multimedia frameworks, Optical disc authoring, PDF, Podcasting, Tag editors, Video editing, Video conversion

Music: Audio trackers, Guitar, Scorewriters, Synthesizers, Drum machines

Personal information managers: Calendaring, Personal digital assistant

Religion

Science:
 * Artificial intelligence, Agent-based, Chatterbots, Computer vision, Expert systems, Face recognition, Natural language, Neural network, Optical character recognition, Speech recognition
 * Astronomy
 * Bioinformatics, Molecular modelling, Molecular dynamics
 * Cheminformatics, Chemistry, Computational chemistry, Molecular modelling, Molecular dynamics, Mass spectrometry
 * Computational science
 * Earth science, Earth sciences graphics, Virtual globes, Environmental science, Geographic information system (GIS), Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI), Integrated Hydrologic Modelling, Numerical climate and weather models, Remote sensing
 * Geology
 * Laboratory
 * Linguistic research
 * Mathematics, Computer algebra, Formal methods, Model checkers, Theorem proving, Formula editors, Interactive geometry, Numerical, Finite element, Mathematical optimization, PI, Statistical, Data Analysis, Econometrics, Spreadsheets, Cryptographic
 * Physics, Computational physics, Optics
 * Plotting

Simulation: Computer-aided Engineering, Geotechnical engineering, Interior design, Optical, Scientific Simulation, Outer space/Space flight,

Transportation: Route planning, Satellite navigation, Transport simulation