| Question | Answer |
| accounting software | Software that helps companies record and report their financial transactions. |
| application software | Program designed to make users more productive and/or assist them with personal tasks. |
| audio editing software | Application software that allows a user to modify audio clips |
| business software | Application software that assists people in becoming more effective and efficient while performing their daily business activities. |
| button | Graphical element that is activated to cause a specific action to take place. |
| clip art | Collection of drawings |
| clip art/image gallery | A collection of clip art and photos included with application software. |
| command | Instruction on a menu that causes a program to perform a specific action. |
| computer-aided design (CAD) software | Sophisticated type of application software that assists a professional user in creating engineering |
| Computer-Based Training (CBT) | Type of education in which students learn by using and completing exercises with instructional software. Also called computer-aided instruction. |
| Create | To enter text or numbers |
| Custom Software | Software that performs functions specific to a business or industry |
| Database | Collection of data organized in a manner that allows access retrieval |
| Database Software | Application software used to create |
| Desktop | On-screen work area that has a graphical user interface. |
| Desktop Publishing (DTP) Software | Application software used by professional designers to create sophisticated documents that can contain |
| Document Management Software | Application software that provides a means for sharing distributing |
| Edit | To make changes to the existing content of a document. |
| Icon | Small image displayed on a computer screen that represents a program |
| image editing software | Application software that provides the capabilities of paint software and also includes the capability to enhance and modify existing images and pictures. |
| legal software | Application software that assists in the preparation of legal documents and provides legal information to individuals |
| malware | Short for malicious software; programs that act without a user's knowledge and deliberately alter a computer's operations. |
| menu | Item on the computer screen that contains a list of commands from which a user can make selections. |
| multimedia authoring software | Software that allows users to combine text |
| online Help | Electronic equivalent of a user manual that usually is integrated in a program. |
| open source software | Software provided for use |
| packaged software | Mass-produced |
| paint software | Application software that allows users to draw pictures |
| PDF | Portable Document Format. A popular file format used by document management software to save converted documents. |
| personal finance software | Simplified accounting program that helps home users or small office/home office users manage finances. |
| personal information manager (PIM) | Application software that includes features to help users organize personal information. |
| personal paint/image editing software | Application software that provides an easy-to-use interface |
| personal photo editing software | Application software that allows users to edit digital photos by removing red-eye |
| photo management software | Application software that allows users to view |
| pointer | Small symbol displayed on a computer screen whose location and shape changes as a user moves a pointing device. |
| presentation software | Application software that allows a user to create visual aids for presentations to communicate ideas |
| print | Placing the copy of a document on paper or some other medium. |
| professional photo editing software | Type of image editing software that allows photographers |
| project management software | Application software that allows a user to plan |
| public-domain software | Free software that has been donated for public use and has no copyright restrictions. |
| reference software | Application software that provides valuable and thorough information for all individuals. |
| save | To transfer a document from a computer's memory to a storage medium. |
| shareware | Copyrighted software that is distributed at no cost for a trial period. |
| software suite | Collection of individual programs available together as a unit. Business software suites typically include word processing |
| spreadsheet software | Application software that allows a user to organize data in rows and columns and to perform calculations on the data. |
| system software | Software that serves as the interface between the user |
| tax preparation software | Application software that is used to guide individuals |
| title bar | Horizontal space |
| travel and mapping software | Application software that enables users to view maps |
| video editing software | Application software that allows a user to modify a segment of video |
| Web application | Programs hosted by a Web site. Also called Web-based software. |
| Web page authoring software | Software used to create Web pages that include graphical images |
| window | Rectangular area of a computer screen that displays data or information. |
| word processing software | One of the more widely used types of application software; allows a user to create and manipulate documents containing mostly text and sometimes graphics. See also word processor. |
| worksheet | Rows and columns used to organize data in a spreadsheet. |
