Types of Software in Software Engineering
Types of Software:
2. Application Software: It consists of standalone programs that solve a specific business need. Applications in this area process business or technical data in a way that facilitates business operations or management/technical decision-making. Application software is mainly used to control business functions in real-time.
3. Engineering/Scientific Software: Formerly characterized by “number crunching” algorithms, engineering and scientific software applications range from as tronomy to volacanology.
However, modern applications within the engineering/scientific area are moving away from conventional numerical algorithm Computer-Aided Design (CAD), System simulation has begun to take on real-time.
4. Embedded Software: Embedded Software resides within a product or system and it is used to implement and control features and functions for the end-user and for the system itself. Embedded Software can perform limited and esoteric functions. It also provides significant function and control capability (Example- Digital Function, Dashboard displays, cracking system, etc).
5. Product-line Software: Designed to provide a specific Capability for use by many different customers, product-line. The software can focus on a limited and esoteric marketplace (Example- inventory control products) or address mass consumer markets (Example – Word Processing, Spreadsheet, Computer Graphics, Multimedia, entertainment, database management, personal and business applications).
6. Web-Applications: “WebApps“, span a wide array of applications. In their simplest form, WebApps can be little more than a set of linked hypertext files that present information using text and limited graphics, such as- E-commerce and B2B Applications. WebApps are evolving into sophisticated computing functions and also are integrated with Corporate databases and business applications.
7. Artificial Intelligence Software: AI software makes use of non-numerical algorithms to solve complex problems that are not amenable to computations or straight-forward analysis. These applications within this area include robotics, expert systems, pattern recognition (image and voice), artificial neural networks and game playing.