Types Of Computer Software (1st)

Computer is probably one of the machines used by many people of many ages all over the world. Since computers are developing even today because of the opinions about what users wants, there are many types of software sold by many companies, and each type is so distinctive and have originality. Therefore, it is getting harder and harder to put them into one word “Computer Software.” Computers Software can be classified on the basis of the purpose of use.

The first one is used for typing. These are called “Word Processing Software.” Microsoft Words are one of the famous things, but in Japan Ichitaro is also used. So, what are the differences between them? Microsoft words were first sold in May 1987 as Multi-tool word. That was used all over the world, but it had problems when typing Japanese sentences. The reason is because Japanese are often written vertically, and the language which is used in the place where that company was located – that is the United States and language is English – is not written vertically. Ichitaro, however, is produced in Japanese company called Just Systems as software used in their word processor.

The other type of software is good at doing calculations. One of it is called the Spreadsheet, and probably the most famous one is the Microsoft Excel. This can do many calculations, and in addition, this is also good at making charts and graphs. However, Japanese version has problems of memorizing dates. Japanese version of Wikipedia said “If you type 01.09.18 by using after 2000 edition of it, it will memorize as September 18, 2001. However, if you type the same thing by using 98 edition and the ones sold before that, it will be memorized as September 18, 1989 because that date is September 18 of the first year of Heisei.”

The last one is for making data for the presentation. That is called Presentation software, and one of it is the Microsoft Power Point. This can put in words, pictures, graphs and more. However, some people do not feel good about relying on it. It is waste of resource, says Katsuaki Watanabe, President of Toyota Motor.

There is a large amount of Computer software. All these types written on this paper are just some of it. Users should decide which one to use depending on their needs. Also, user must think about resources and if he or she can reduce it by using another type of software, they should do so.

Work Cited
“Microsoft Excel” Japanese Wikipedia.org 06:08, 28 October 2008.
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Excel

Yamamoto, Takeshi “Toyota Group Ga Power Point Zisyukurei!? ” diamond.jp 20 May 2008.
http://diamond.jp/series/analysis/10003/