Software suite
Collection of related computer programs
A software suite (also known as an application suite) is a collection of computer programs (application software, or programming software) of related functionality, sharing a similar user interface and the ability to easily exchange data with each other.
01Features
Advantages
- Less costly than buying individual packages
- Identical or very similar graphical user interface (GUI)
- Designed to interface with each other
- Helps the learning curve of the user
Disadvantages
- Not all purchased features are always used by the user
- Takes a significant amount of disk space (bloatware), as compared to buying only the needed packages
- Requires effort to use the packages together
02Types
- Office suites, such as Microsoft Office
- Internet suites
- Graphics suite, such as Adobe Creative Cloud
- IDEs, such as Eclipse, and Visual Studio
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