4782 Application software, packaged

**Includes:** - published software used for general business purposes to improve productivity, or in the home for entertainment, reference or educational purposes. This includes office suite applications such as word processors, spreadsheets, simple databases; graphics applications; project management software, computer-based training software, reference and home education software, etc.

**Includes:** - published computer game software, packaged: • presented on physical media of magnetic nature • presented on physical media of optical nature **Excludes:** - software cartridges, for use with video game consoles, cf. 38582 - computer game software downloads, cf. 84342 - on-line games, cf. 84391

**Includes:** - cross-industry application software, i.e. software that is designed to perform and/or manage a specific business function or process that is not unique to a particular industry. (This includes professional accounting software, human resource management software, customer relations management software, Geographic Information System software, web page/website design software, etc.) - vertical market application software, i.e. software that performs a wide range of business functions for a specific industry such as manufacturing, retail, health care, engineering, restaurants, etc. - utilities software, i.e. computer programs that perform a very specific task, such as compression software, anti-virus software, search engines, font or file viewers, voice recognition software etc. (Utilities differ from other applications software in terms of size, cost and complexity.) - application software not elsewhere classified