In our modern era, we rely on computers to do so many things for us, yet many people don’t realize how important the computer software is that makes everything happen. From clock radios, to monitoring systems in our cars, to our mobile phones, and all the way up to the giant super computers that can manage space launches, nothing would function properly if it were not for well written computer programs.

Essentially all programs and applications for computers are a set of instructions designed to create particular outcomes. A computer program is a collection of these instructions that have a common purpose. A collection of related programs to carry out coordinated computing tasks is referred to as a package.

A good example of a software programming package would be an accounting-related application. This package might contain several different modules, or individual programs, that work together within the complete package.

For instance, the accounting package might contain a bookkeeping program, an audit program, a data base management program, a tax preparation program, a time tracking and billing program or any number of other related programs. In many cases each of these kinds of accounting programs could stand alone, but they become much more powerful when they operate together as a complete package.

These kinds of packages that contain various modules, or programs, have become very popular because the data is shared between the various programs. This reduces the need to re-enter data and eliminates tasks of exporting and importing information from one program to the other. This not only saves time but it also significantly reduces the possibility of errors, because even when data is not re-keyed there are numerous possibilities for data to become corrupt when going through exporting and importing functions.

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