Definitions[]
Application software (also application program) is
| “ | programs that permit a user to perform some particular task such as word processing, database management, or spreadsheet calculations, or that permits a user to play video games.[1] | ” |
| “ | [c]omputer programs which directly automate the functions or problems of end users (laypersons). Applications programs automate both business applications such as payroll and scientific applications such as statistical calculations.[2] | ” |
| “ | [s]oftware program that performs a specific function directly for a user and can be executed without access to system control, monitoring or administrative privileges. Examples include office automation, electronic mail, web services, and major functional or mission software programs.[3] | ” |
Application software
| “ | provides capabilities for performing specific data processing functions such as payroll, inventory control, accounting and statistical work, and any other data processing activity to which the computer is applied.[4] | ” |
An application program "is generally any computer program which is not a systems program."[5]
References[]
- ↑ Lotus Dev. Corp. v. Paperback Software Int'l, 740 F. Supp. 37, 43 (D. Mass. 1990).
- ↑ A Working Glossary of Computer Software Terms, at 1.
- ↑ DoD Directive 8500.1, at 17.
- ↑ Information Technology: Acquisition and Use of Software Products for Automatic Data Processing Systems in the Federal Government, at 6.
- ↑ Computer Sciences Corp. v. Commissioner of Internal Rev., 63 T.C. 327, 329 (1974).