1. Most people use their home computers mainly for word processing and playing video games.
2. The first electronic spreadsheet program for microcomputers was VisiCalc, which became available in the 1980s.
3. Flight simulators are useful training tools for pilots.
4. Some simulation programs can create models of weather conditions to help meteorologists make predictions.
5. Word Processor is the electronic equivalent of paper, pen, typewriter, eraser as well as dictionary and thesaurus.
6. Computer-aided design programs enable engineers and architects to create three-dimensional models of buildings and machinery on a computer screen.
7. Applications software, called a word processing program, allows you to correct or modify any document before printing it.
8. Chemists may use computer simulations to design and test molecular models of new drugs.
9. In 1992, Apple Computer, Inc. introduced its QuickTime software, which allowed computers to play video clips in multimedia applications.
10. Microsoft’s well-known products include Word (a word processor), Excel (a spreadsheet program), Access (a database program) and PowerPoint (a program for making business presentations).
11. Initially much of the Unix-based software was for technical applications. Now these programs are applied for solving business problems as well.
12. The spreadsheet application is second only to word processing in terms of popularity.