Learn in the textbookAdvanced Systems and Business Software Packages
DefinitionAn industry-specific software package (業種別ソフトウェアパッケージ) is commercial software built for work unique to one industry, such as banking or hospitals.
ExplanationA hospital package, for example, handles treatment records and medical fee calculations, and a construction package tracks costs project by project, so each comes with processing unique to its field and features that follow that industry's rules. Since it targets a single industry, a company in a different industry is poorly served by using it as is.
AnalogyLike a chef's knife or a carpenter's saw, it is a specialized tool whose shape is set by the work of one trade.
Memory hookThe 種 in 業種 means kind or type, as in 種類. That one character tells you the product is made for each kind of industry, such as banking or medicine.