Software
It can be defined as a set of instructions or collections of programs
which are designed and developed to perform specific tasks.
You cannot touch or feel the software as they are just a set of
instructions which is written by programmers for an applications
The user will need both hardware and software for a computer
system to work properly. Hardware reads software.
Most of the software on our computer system is in the form of
programs.
The software can be categorized in two types
1. System Software
2. Application Software
, System Software
It is any software which controls the hardware so that any
application software can run and can be executed to perform
various task mentioned by programmers.
System software runs and executes programs, they also monitor
various other components of a computer system like CPU, primary
and secondary storage, and other peripheral devices of PC.
They communicate and control peripherals devices like printers,
scanners, webcam, sound cards, etc.
The primary Examples of system software's are operating system
such as Microsoft windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, etc.
They control hardware of computer systems so that they can work
efficiently and properly to perform the specific task given to them
and also to provide a platform for application to perform and to
execute in the overall development of application software.
They perform transferring of data to hard disk, It performs text or
images or graphics to be seen on display devices.
There are various other system software which is developed for
specific tasks, such as device drivers are installed in PC for better
functionality of that device.
for example:: Device drivers of display cards and sound cards are
used in viewing better resolutions on the computer screen and
hearing sound from soundcards.
It can be defined as a set of instructions or collections of programs
which are designed and developed to perform specific tasks.
You cannot touch or feel the software as they are just a set of
instructions which is written by programmers for an applications
The user will need both hardware and software for a computer
system to work properly. Hardware reads software.
Most of the software on our computer system is in the form of
programs.
The software can be categorized in two types
1. System Software
2. Application Software
, System Software
It is any software which controls the hardware so that any
application software can run and can be executed to perform
various task mentioned by programmers.
System software runs and executes programs, they also monitor
various other components of a computer system like CPU, primary
and secondary storage, and other peripheral devices of PC.
They communicate and control peripherals devices like printers,
scanners, webcam, sound cards, etc.
The primary Examples of system software's are operating system
such as Microsoft windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, etc.
They control hardware of computer systems so that they can work
efficiently and properly to perform the specific task given to them
and also to provide a platform for application to perform and to
execute in the overall development of application software.
They perform transferring of data to hard disk, It performs text or
images or graphics to be seen on display devices.
There are various other system software which is developed for
specific tasks, such as device drivers are installed in PC for better
functionality of that device.
for example:: Device drivers of display cards and sound cards are
used in viewing better resolutions on the computer screen and
hearing sound from soundcards.
