A software genre is a classification of Software by its common function, type or topic.

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*Antivirus *Audio editor *Automation *CD copying software *Database management system *Data **Data recovery **Backup software *Emulation **Disk image emulator *Encryption *Graphics software **3D computer graphics software **Bitmap graphics editor **Vector graphics editor *File archiver *Internet software **Email client **File sharing (P2P) **FTP client **HTML editor **Instant messenger **Offline browser *Media player *Mathematical software *Operating system *Personal information manager *Software engineering **Bugtracker **Compiler **Integrated Development Environment **Revision control *Software suite **Graphics suite **Internet suite **Office suite *Video editing software *Web browser

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