What is general purpose application? What is special purpose application?

General-purpose applications are understood as a collection of application programs. which can be applied by almost every user when processing various types of information. These general-purpose programs (applications) include: text editors and word processors, spreadsheets, graphic editors, multimedia players, presentation editors, database management systems, etc.

Special-purpose applications imply their professional use in various fields of activity in accordance with the user’s specialization. For example: publishing systems; accounting software; computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided design systems; packages for mathematical calculations; geographic information systems (development of topographic maps, preparation of meteorological forecasts, modeling of natural disasters and environmental situations, etc.); diagnostic medical expert systems (examination of the human body for the purpose of making a diagnosis), etc.