Computer network applications are network software applications that utilize the Internet or other network hardware infrastructure to perform useful functions, for example, file transfers within a network.
There is a long list of application areas, which can be benefited by establishing Computer Networks. Few of the potential applications of Computer Networks are:
- Information retrieval systems which search for books, technical reports, papers and articles on particular topics.
- News access machines, which can search past news, stories or abstracts with given search criteria.
- Airline reservation, hotel booking, railway-reservation, car-rental, etc.
- A writer’s aid: a dictionary, thesaurus, phrase generator, indexed dictionary of quotations, and encyclopedia.
- Stock market information systems which allow searches for stocks that meet certain criteria, performance comparisons, moving averages, and various forecasting techniques.
- Electronic Financial Transactions (EFT) between banks and via cheque clearing house.
- Games of the types that grow or change with various enthusiasts adding to the complexity or diversity.
- Electronic Mail Messages Systems (EMMS).
- Corporate information systems such as marketing information system, customer information system, product information system, personal information system, etc.
- Corporate systems of different systems such as Order-Entry System, Centralized Purchasing, Distributed Inventory Control, etc.
- On-line systems for Investment Advice and Management, Tax Minimization, etc.
- Resources of interest to a home user, Sports results.
- Theatre, movies, and community events information.
- Shopping information, prices, and advertisements.
- Household magazine, recipes, book reviews, film reviews.
- Holidays, hotels, travel booking. Radio and TV programs.
- Medical assistance service.Insurance information.
- Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI), School homework, quizzes, tests.
- Message sending service, Consumer Reports.
- Employment directories and Job opportunities.
- Tax information and Tax assistance.
- Journey planning assistance, Train, bus, plane etc.
- Catalogue of Open University and Virtual University courses.
