Editing Application software

== Definitions ==

'''Application software''' (also '''application program''') is 

{{Quote|[[program]]s 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 game]]s.<ref>[[Lotus Development v. Paperback Software|Lotus Dev. Corp. v. Paperback Software Int'l]], 740 F. Supp. 37, 43 (D. Mass. 1990).</ref>}}

{{Quote|[[computer program|[c]omputer programs]] which direct1y [[automate]] the functions or problems of [[end user]]s (laypersons). Applications programs [[automate]] both business applications such as payroll and scientific applications such as [[statistical]] calculations.<ref>[[A Working Glossary of Computer Software Terms]], at 1.</ref>}}

{{Quote|[[software program|[s]oftware program]] that performs a specific function directly for a user and can be executed without [[access]] to [[system control]], [[monitor]]ing or [[administrative privileges]]. Examples include office [[automation]], [[electronic mail]], [[web services]], and major functional or mission [[software program]]s.<ref>[[DoD Directive 8500.1]], at 17.</ref>}}

'''Application software'''

{{Quote|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.<ref>[[Information Technology: Acquisition and Use of Software Products for Automatic Data Processing Systems in the Federal Government]], at 6.</ref>}}

An '''application program''' "is generally any [[computer program]] which is not a [[systems program]]."<ref>[[CSC v. Comm'r of Internal Rev.|Computer Sciences Corp. v. Commissioner of Internal Rev.]], 63 T.C. 327, 329 (1974).</ref>

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