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+ | '''Application software''' relies on the [[operating system]] to perform many of its functions and is often viewed metaphorically as sitting “on top of” the [[operating system]]. It consists of “[[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> 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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Revision as of 06:45, 14 January 2010
Application software relies on the operating system to perform many of its functions and is often viewed metaphorically as sitting “on top of” the operating system. It consists of “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] An application program “is generally any computer program which is not a systems program.”[2]
References
- ↑ Lotus Dev. Corp. v. Paperback Software Int’l, 740 F. Supp. 37, 43 (D. Mass. 1990).
- ↑ Computer Sciences Corp. v. Commissioner of Internal Rev., 63 T.C. 327, 329 (1974).