Types of software
- 1. Name=Dipanshu chaurasiya Topic -Types of software
- 3. TYPES OF SYSTEM SOFTWARE • Operating systems. • Device drivers. • Middleware. • Utility software. • Shells and windowing systems.
- 4. SOFTWARE • Software is a collection of computer programs and related data that provide the instruction for telling a computer what to do and how to do it. A software is an interface between user and computer. It is a set of instructions, programs that are used to give command to hardware. It is responsible for controlling, integrating and managing the hardware components of a computer system and for accomplishing specific tasks.
- 5. Types of software • Application software • System software
- 6. SYSTEM SOFTWARE • System software consists of several programs, which are directly responsible for controlling, integrating and managing the individual hardware components of a computer system. • It also provides the interface between the user and component of the computer. • The purpose of system software is to insulate the applications programmer as much as possible from the detail of the particular complex computer being used. • Depending on the functionality, the system software can be further divided into two major categories; system management program and developing software.
- 7. APPLICATION SOFTWARE • Application software is a program or group of programs designed for end users. These programs are divided into two classes: system software and application software. While system software consists of low-level programs that interact with computers at a basic level, application software resides above system software and includes applications such as database programs, word processors and spreadsheets. Application software may be bundled with system software or published alone
- 8. TYPES OF APPLICATION SOFTWARE • WORD PROCESSER • DATA BASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM