Application Types

Type of software used to create a sequence of text and graphics, and often audio and video, to accompany a speech or public presentation

• Word Processing

• Presentation

• Spreadsheet

• Database

A program that identifies items in a large database corresponding to keywords specified by the user

• Browser

• Search Engine

• Email

• Database

An organized collection of structured information stored electronically in a computer system

• Browser

• Search Engine

• Word Processing

• Database

Application that allows the user to access mail servers in a local or remote network

• Browser

• Search Engine

• Email

• Word Processing

Type of software that helps a user perform numerical functions and analyze numbers through a computerized version of an accounting worksheet

• Word Processing

• Presentation

• Spreadsheet

• Database

An application used to access and view websites

• Browser

• Search Engine

• Email

• Database

Type of software that lets you type words or text that shows up in a virtual “document” on your computer screen which can be printed or sent electronically

• Word Processing

• Presentation

• Spreadsheet

• Database

Name the type of application you would use to write an essay.

• Word Processing

• Presentation

• Spreadsheet

• Email

Name the type of application you would use to keep track of money raised through various events for a local charity.

• Word Processing

• Presentation

• Spreadsheet

• Email

Name the type of application you would use to show your company your ideas for a new product line.

• Word Processing

• Presentation

• Spreadsheet

• Email