Question

compare the features and wages of general purpose application software​

Answer 1

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A general purpose application, sometimes known as ‘off-the-shelf’ is the sort of software that you use at home and school.  Examples include word processors, spreadsheets, databases, desktop publishing packages, graphics packages etc.

There are several good reasons for using general purpose software:

• It is relatively cheap
• It is easily available from most computer shops
• It will have been thoroughly tested so there won’t be any serious problems or bugs
• There will be lots of user support i.e. books, user guides, online help and discussion forums on the Internet

General-purpose application software provides many features that people use regularly, such as italicizing text in a word-processing application or adding a column of numbers in a spreadsheet application. Specialized features that few people use, such as automatic indexing or financial functions.

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