system software
- 2. HAFSA MUZAMMIL AROOBA WASI AMMARA MASOOD IQRA TAWAB ANUM ANEES
- 3. Software is a collection of instructions that enable the users to interact with a computer, its hardware or perform tasks. Without software, computers would be useless.
- 5. SYSTEM SOFTWARE The programs directly related to the computer hardware and perform tasks associated with controlling and utilizing computer hardware.
- 6. APPLICATION SOFTWARE •An application is a job or task a user wants to accomplish through a computer. •Application software are programs that help a user perform a specific job
- 7. EXAMPLES OF SYSTEM SOFTWARE ● Utility software ● System servers ● Device drivers ● Operating system (OS) ● windows/ graphical user interface (GUI) system
- 8. UTILITY SOFTWARE Utility software is system software designed to help analyze, configure, optimize or maintain a computer.
- 9. PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE It is a software which helps the programmer in developing other software. Compilers, assemblers, debuggers, interpreters etc. are examples of programming software.
- 10. DEVICE DRIVERS In computing, a device driver is a computer program that operates or controls a particular type of device that is attached to a computer. A driver provides a software interface to hardware devices, enabling operating systems and other computer programs to access hardware functions without needing to know precise details of the hardware being used.
- 11. OPERATING SYSTEM The low-level software that supports a computer's basic functions, such as scheduling tasks and controlling peripherals.
- 12. SYSTEM SERVERS It is a computer program that provides servers to other computer programs (and their users) in the some or other computer.
- 13. GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE (GUI) SYSTEM It is a type of operating system that makes use of: ● Windows ● Icons ● Menus ● pointers
- 14. FEATURES OF SYSTEM SOFTWARE ● Close to system ● Fast in speed ● Difficult to design ● Difficult to understand ● Less interactive ● Smaller in size ● Difficult to manipulate ● Generally written in low-level language