SOFTWARE

APPLICATION

Business Software
Business softwareor business
application is any softwareor set of
computer programs that are used by
business users to perform various
business functions. These business
applications are used to increase
productivity, to measure productivity
and to perform business functions
accurately.

Business Software
Some business applications are
interactive, i.e., they have a graphical
user interface or user interface and user
can query/modify/input data and view
results instantaneously. They can also run
reports instantaneously. Some business
applications run in batch mode i.e. they
are set up to run based on a
predetermined event/time and business
user does not need to initiate them or
monitor them.

Microsoft Office

OLAP (Online Analytical

Processing)

Enterprise Application
Software (EAS)

Real-Time
Areal-time operating
system(RTOS) is an operating
system(OS) intended to serve realtime application requests. It must be
able to process data as it comes in,
typically without buffering delays.
Processing time requirements
(including any OS delay) are measured
in tenths of seconds or shorter.

Real-Time
A key characteristic of an RTOS is the
level of its consistency concerning
the amount of time it takes to accept
and complete an application's task.

CPU Scheduling

System Software
System software(orsystems
software) is computer
softwaredesigned to operate and
control the computer hardware and
to provide a platform for running
application software.

Components of System
Software
The operating system(prominent
examples being z/OS, Microsoft Windows,
Mac OS X and Linux), allows the parts of
a computer to work together by
performing tasks like
transferringdatabetweenmemoryanddi
sksor rendering output onto adisplay
device. It also provides a platform to run
high-level system software
andapplication software.

Components of System
Software
Utility softwarehelps to analyze,
configure, optimize and maintain the
computer.
Device driverssuch as
computerBIOSand
devicefirmwareprovide basic
functionality to operate and control
the hardware connected to or built
into the computer.

Components of System
Software
Auser interface"allows users to
interact with a computer. Since the
1980s thegraphical user
interface(GUI) has been perhaps the
most common user interface
technology. Thecommand-line
interfaceis still a commonly used
alternative.

Personal Computer
Apersonal computer(PC) is a
general-purposecomputer, whose
size, capabilities, and original sale
price makes it useful for individuals,
and which is intended to be operated
directly by anend-user with no
intervening computer operator.

Personal Computer
Software applications for most
personal computers include, but are
not limited
to,wordprocessing,spreadsheets,da
tabases,Web browsersandemailclients,digital media
playback,games, and myriad
personal productivity and specialpurpose software applications.

Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence(AI) is technology
and a branch ofcomputer sciencethat
studies and develops intelligent
machines and software. Major AI
researchers and textbooks define the
field as "the study and design of
intelligent agents",where anintelligent
agentis a system that perceives its
environment and takes actions that
maximize its chances of success.

Embedded System
Anembedded systemis acomputer systemwith
a dedicated function within a larger mechanical or
electrical system, often withreal-time computing
constraints. It isembeddedas part of a complete
device often including hardware and mechanical
parts. By contrast, a general-purpose computer,
such as apersonal computer(PC), is designed to
be flexible and to meet a wide range of end-user
needs. Embedded systems control many devices
in common use today.

Engineering
Software engineering(SE) is the
application of a systematic,
disciplined, quantifiable approach to
the design, development, operation,
and maintenance ofsoftware, and
the study of these approaches; that
is, the application of engineeringto
software.

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