A general purpose application is often called a 'off-the-shelf'. It is a kind of software that one can use at home and school. Most general-purpose applications use a graphical user interface that displays graphical elements called icons to represent familiar objects.
The graphical user interface is simply defined as a type of user interface that gives users permission to interact with electronic devices via the aid of graphical icons and audio indicator such as primary notation.
General purpose application software is simply defined as a type of application that is used for different kind of tasks.
It is not known to be able to perform more than one function. For example, a word processor.
