Topic 6 types of Software

The remainder of this article helps to explain the different types of software including:

Application Software
System Software
Firmware
Programming Software
Driver Software
Freeware
Shareware
Open Source Software
Closed Source Software
Utility Software
Word Processing Software: Google Docs, Microsoft Word, WordPad and Notepad
Database Software: MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Access, Oracle, IBM DB2 and FoxPro
Spreadsheet Software: Google Sheets, Apple Numbers and Microsoft Excel
Multimedia Software: Media Player, Winamp, QuickTime and VLC Media Player
Presentation Software: Google Slides, Microsoft Powerpoint, Keynotes, Prezzy
Enterprise Software: customer relationship management (CRM) software (HubSpot, Microsoft Dynamic 365)), project management tools (Jira, Monday), marketing automation tools (Marketo, HubSpot), enterprise resource planning (ERP) software (SAGE, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics), treasury management system (TMS) software (SAP S/4HANA Finance, Oracle Treasury), business intelligence (BI) software (SAP Business Intelligence, MicroStrategy, Microsoft Power BI)
Information Worker Software: Documentation tools, resource management tools
Communication Software: Zoom, Google Meet, Skype
Educational Software: Dictionaries – Encarta, Britannica; Mathematical: MATLAB; Others: Google Earth, NASA World Wind
Simulation Software: Flight and scientific simulators
Content Access Software: Accessing content through media players, web browsers
Application Suites: Apache OpenOffice, Microsoft Office365, Apple’s iWork, LibreOffice, G-Suite, Oracle E-Business Suite
Software for Engineering and Product Development: IDE or Integrated Development Environments
Email Software: Microsoft Outlook, Gmail, Apple Mail
[7:11 AM, 10/8/2022] Engineer Nasir Hussain: Examples of System Software
System software runs things in the background and operating systems are an example of system software.

For desktop computers, laptops and tablets:

Microsoft Windows
MacOS (for Apple devices)
GNU/Linux
For smartphones:

Apple’s iOS
Google’s Android
Windows Phone OS
Most software developers use programming software apps like:

GitHub
GitLab
Android Studio
Visual Studio Code
Eclipse
XCode
Notepad++
Atom
[7:11 AM, 10/8/2022] Engineer Nasir Hussain: Examples of Driver Software
All hardware devices require drivers. For example:

Graphic cards
Network cards
Mouse and keyboard