Web Software

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Introduction This day in age, being the digital age, mostly everyone has surfed the Internet and interacted with it in one way or another. This interaction is all made possible by web software, applications that run through a web browser over the Internet. Web software or web applications are very useful since they allow a user the ability to access applications or their files from anywhere in the world with the use of a computer that has Internet access. You have seen many of these applications already. They vary from webmail applications such as "Windows Live Hotmail", "Gmail", to Office applications such as "Google docs" and "MobileMe".

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What is Web Software

Web software is applications that are accessed via a web browser over a network such as the Internet or intranet. Web software is coded in a browser-supported language such as html, JavaScript, or perl. The popularity of web software comes from the ability for it to run on virtually any machine (Windows, Mac, Linux) that has a web browser.

The concept of web software comes from a term Cloud Computing.

Examples of Web Software

You have seen and used many web applications during your time spent surfing the web. When checking, creating or sending an email through Windows Live Hotmail, you have been using a web application. The application itself resides on Microsoft Windows servers, but then is accessed via a web browser.

Another web application that you have seen is Google Docs. This application provides the user with the tools to create, edit, and manage, word documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. Each document is compatible with Microsoft Office files (.doc, .xls, .ppt). The benefits of Google Docs made possible by web software allows the user the ability to have access to their documents anywhere in the world via an Internet connection. The power this provides is phenomenal. There will be no more lost or forgotten essays or presentations since via an Internet connection the documents are but a click away no matter where the user is.