Computer software can be organized into categories based on common function, type, or field of use. A list follows of common software categories. Software redirects here. ...

Categories of software

• Applications
  • Accounting
  • Enterprise Resource Planning

• Data
  • CD copying software
  • Data access
  • Data analysis
  • Data recovery
  • Database Management System (DBMS)
  • Digital Asset Management (DAM)
  • Document Management System (DMS)
  • Backup software
  • File archiver

• Emulation
  • Disk image emulator

• Games
  • Game Engine

• Graphics software
  • 3D computer graphics software
  • Bitmap graphics editor
  • Graphics suite
  • Image viewer
  • Vector graphics editor

• Internet software
  • Booking system
  • Email client
  • File sharing (P2P)
  • FTP client
  • HTML editor
  • IRC Client
  • Internet suite
  • Instant messaging client
  • Offline browser
  • Web browser

• Scientific software
  • Mathematical software

• Office software
  • Office suite
  • PDF software
  • Personal information manager
  • Project management

• Operating system

• Software engineering
  • Bugtracker
  • Compiler
  • Debugger
  • Software build
  • Continuous integration
  • Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
  • Revision control
  • Documentation generator

• Multimedia
  • Audio editor
  • Media player
  • Video editing software

• Security
  • Antivirus
  • Firewall
  • Encryption
    • Disk encryption
  • Password cracking/recovery/auditing

• System software
  • Automation
  • Input method editor (IME)
  • System optimizer
  • Task manager

Application software is a subclass of computer software that employs the capabilities of a computer directly and thoroughly to a task that the user wishes to perform. ... It has been suggested that Accounting scholarship be merged into this article or section. ... Enterprise Resource Planning systems (ERPs) integrate (or attempt to integrate) all data and processes of an organization into a unified system. ... For other uses, see Data (disambiguation). ... ... Data Access typically refers to software and activities related to storing, retrieving, or acting on data housed in a database or other repository. ... Data analysis is the act of transforming data with the aim of extracting useful information and facilitating conclusions. ... Data recovery is the process of salvaging data from damaged, failed, corrupted or inaccessible primary storage media when it cannot be accessed normally. ... A database management system (DBMS) is computer software designed for the purpose of managing databases based on a variety of data models. ... Digital Asset Management consists of tasks and decisions surrounding ingesting, annotating, cataloguing, storage and retrieval of digital assets, such as digital photographs, animations, videos and music. ... Originally, a document management system was a computer program (or set of programs) used to track and store images of paper documents. ... Backup software is software designed to backup data for the purpose of having a second copy of an original source in case of damage to the original data source. ... A file archiver combines a number of files together into one archive file, or a series of archive files, for easier transportation or storage. ... This article is about emulation in computer science. ... A disk image emulator is computer software designed to emulate a disk image, usually of a CD or DVD, on a local hard drive. ... A game engine is the core software component of a computer video game or other interactive application with real-time graphics. ... In computer graphics, graphics software or image editing software is a program or collection of programs that enable a person to manipulate visual images on a computer. ... 3D computer graphics software refers to programs used to create 3D computer-generated imagery. ... A bitmap graphics editor is a computer program that allows users to paint and edit pictures interactively on the computer screen and save them in one of many popular bitmap or raster formats such as JPEG, PNG, GIF and TIFF. Usually an image viewer is preferred over a bitmap graphics... A graphics suite is a software suite for graphics work that are distributed together. ... An image viewer or image browser is a computer program that displays a stored graphical image; it can often handle various graphics file formats. ... A screenshot of the xfig vector graphics editor A screenshot of the modern vector graphics editor Xara Xtreme A vector graphics editor is a computer program that allows users to compose and edit vector graphics images interactively on the computer screen (compare with MetaPost) and save them in one of... An email client (or mail user agent [MUA]) is a computer program that is used to read and send e-mail. ... File sharing is the activity of making files available to other users for download over the Internet, but also over smaller networks. ... A FTP client uses the FTP protocol to connect to an FTP server to transfer files. ... An HTML editor is a software application for creating web pages. ... Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a form of instant communication over the Internet. ... Internet suite - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... // Instant messaging (IM) is a form of real-time communication between two or more people based on typed text. ... Many modern web browsers have a mode entitled offline browsing, where links to webpages are redirected to local copies in a temporary folder. ... An example of a Web browser (Mozilla Firefox) A web browser is a software application that enables a user to display and interact with text, images, videos, music and other information typically located on a Web page at a website on the World Wide Web or a local area network. ... Mathematical software is a type of software genre which has mathematics in common. ... In computing, an office suite, sometimes called an office application suite or productivity suite is a software suite intended to be used by typical clerical and knowledge workers. ... // This list of PDF software includes links to articles on computer software used to manage PDF documents. ... A personal information manager (PIM) is a type of application software that functions as a personal organizer. ... Project management software is a term covering many types of software, including scheduling, resource allocation, collaboration software, communication and documentation systems, which are used to deal with the complexity of large projects. ... An operating system (OS) is a software that manages computer resources and provides programmers with an interface used to access those resources. ... Software engineering is the application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software. ... A bugtracker is an issue tracking system that is designed especially to manage problems (software bugs) with computer programs. ... A diagram of the operation of a typical multi-language, multi-target compiler. ... A debugger is a computer program that is used to test and debug other programs. ... In the field of computer software, the term software build refers either to the process of converting source code files into executable code or the result of doing so. ... The term Continuous integration emerged in the Extreme Programming community. ... An integrated development environment (IDE), also known as integrated design environment and integrated debugging environment, is a programming environment that has been packaged as an application program,that assists computer programmers in developing software. ... Revision control (also known as version control (system) (VCS), source control or (source) code management (SCM)) is the management of multiple revisions of the same unit of information. ... Documentation generator is a programming tool that generates an API Documentation documentation from a set of specially commented source codes, and in some cases, binary files. ... A digital audio editor is a computer application for audio editing, i. ... Video editing software is application software which handles the editing of video sequences on a computer. ... Anti-virus software consists of computer programs that attempt to identify, thwart and eliminate computer viruses and other malicious software (malware). ... Firewall may refer to: Firewall (construction), a physical barrier inside a building or vehicle, designed to limit the spread of fire, heat and structural collapse Firewall (networking), a logical barrier designed to prevent unauthorized or unwanted communications between sections of a computer network Firewall (film), a 2006 action film written... Encrypt redirects here. ... Disk encryption is a special case of data at rest protection when the storage media is a sector-addressable device (e. ... Password cracking is the process of recovering secret passwords from data that has been stored in or transmitted by a computer system. ... A computer security audit is a manual or systematic measurable technical assessment of a system or application. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Operation of a typical Japanese romaji based IME. An input method editor (IME) is a program or operating system component that allows computer users to enter characters and symbols not found on their keyboard. ... Task manager on Windows XP A task manager is a program used to provide information about the processes and programs running on a computer, as well as the general status of the computer. ...

See also

• List of raster graphics editors
• List of vector graphics editors

It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Comparison of raster graphics editors. ... The following is a list of vector graphics editors. ...

See also

• Computer and video game genres