A software suite (also known as an application suite) is a collection of computer programs (application software, or programming software) of related functionality, sharing a similar user interface and the ability to easily exchange data with each other.
Features Advantages Less costly than buying individual packages Identical or very similar graphical user interface (GUI) Designed to interface with each other Helps the learning curve of the user
Disadvantages Not all purchased features are always used by the user Takes a significant amount of disk space (bloatware), as compared to buying only the needed packages Requires effort to use the packages together
Types Office suites, such as Microsoft Office Internet suites Graphics suite, such as Adobe Creative Cloud IDEs, such as Eclipse, and Visual Studio
See also Application software Package manager Runtime environment
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