http://www.ecsu.ctstateu.edu/depts/edu/360/softwarenotes.html
This web site is from another university
it provides a brief but semi conclusive break down of popular software used
today and which categories they fit into such as Microsoft Word as a word
processor, Adobe Acrobat as the universal form software.
It basically goes through each category
such as Internet Browsers (IE, Netscape), Games (Sim City, Sim Ant), Statistical
Packages (Minitab, SPSS), Utilities (Winzip, WinAce, Quicktime).
http://frank.mtsu.edu/~jpurcell/Software/software.htm
This website is basically a place where
shareware applications can be downloaded in which they are sorted out in a
certain category such as FTP, Browsers, Direct Chat, Chat Room, etc. This gives
us the ability to download and test these programs and if they are useful they
are paid bought by registering.
http://www.msi.umn.edu/user_support/software/
Is a university site that places
software in category of application, computation, Graphics, other. It basically
sub divides them later giving examples of each graphics being Adobe Photoshop,
Movie players etc. It gives a good description of each and is good in giving
examples of what types of brands are out there which version and a description
of those functions.