application software

Definition: Computer program designed to do a particular job e.g. edit image, compress files, convert files from one format to another, produce files suitable for printing, creating multimedia content, and so on. * Application software may be very large and complicated with many features but can be compact and highly specialised e.g. to capture screen, write to CD-writers. * Most are specific to a particular computer platform or operating system.

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