Melissa is a senior accountant at a consulting firm. She brings to her manager's notice the considerable amount of time that is wasted when accounting tasks are performed manually, and proposes that the department automates these tasks. Melissa's accounting department is in need of a(n) ________.A) application software
B) system software
C) firmware
D) operating system
E) network connection

Melissa is a senior accountant at a consulting firm. She brings to her manager's notice the considerable amount of time that is wasted when accounting tasks are performed manually , and proposes that the department automates these tasks . Melissa's accounting department is in need of an application software.

Application software is that software which is used by the users of performing a particular task . Application software is always used by the end or last users.

Some examples of Application software are spreadsheet , email , web browsers , word processor, data base program etc. Application software is an important software as it is used in almost every occupation or work.