APPLICATION SOFTWARE These are Software that you install on your operating system software to perform specific tasks. Application software also have compatibility issues with different operating systems. The common application software files for Windows OS have the .exe extension (executable) and the .msi (Microsoft Installer). For MAC OS is .app (application), Linux has .deb (debian), and much more. To make it easier to sort through, application software are categorized by their functionality. These include - Antivirus, Authoring tools, CD/DVD tools, Compression tools, Desktop enhancement, File managers, Internet, Mobile Phone tools, Multimedia, Network tools, Office tools, Programming, Science/CAD, Security, System, Tweak, Widgets, and others. While the list is not exhaustive, examples of some of the above categories are as follows; Antivirus - Avast 6, Microsoft Security Essentials Browsers - Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer, Safari, Opera, Maxthon Converter - Free Studio, Switch, Prism, TVC Download Manager - Internet Download Manager, Free Download Manager, Download Accelerator Plus, Orbit, uTorrent, HiDownload Driver - Device Doctor Bundle, Driver Genius PRO Game - Angry Birds, Checkers, Monopoly, Scrabble Media Player - iTunes, Real Player, VLC, SongBird, DivX Media Suite Messenger - Google Talk, Nimbuzz, Skype, Windows Live, Digsby Mobile - Nokia PC Suite, Samsung PC Studio, Sony Ericsson PC Suite Office - Adobe Reader, Libre Office, Foxit PDF Reader, PDF Complete Photo Manager - Picasa, Gimp, Plugins - Flash Player, Shockwave, Silverlight, WebP Codec Utility - Partition Manager, Filezilla, JRE, Virtual Clone Drive, WinRAR, DotNet, Battery Monitor, Bandwidth Manager, Adobe AIR, VirtualBox, Data Recovery Wizard, CPU ID.
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