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Meridian Traders in Pune uses a ready-made payroll package sold to many firms, with only minor settings changed. Another firm, Kaveri Logistics, commissions a developer to build a route-planning program exactly to its needs. How are these two best described?

The payroll product is packaged, off-the-shelf application software because it is sold ready-made to many users. The route planner is custom-built application software because it is developed for one client's specific needs. Neither is system software, a utility or firmware.

  1. APayroll is customised software; route planner is packaged software
  2. BBoth are system software because they handle business data
  3. CPayroll is packaged (off-the-shelf) application software; route planner is custom-built application softwareCorrect
  4. DPayroll is a utility program; route planner is firmware

Explanation

Ready-made software sold to many users is packaged or off-the-shelf application software. A program developed to one client's specification is custom or bespoke application software. Option one reverses the two, and neither program is system software, a utility or firmware.

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