This is about softare and different types of software
- 2. Software is a set of instructions, data or programs used to operate computers and execute specific tasks . It is the opposite of hardware, which describes the physical aspects of a computer. Software is a generic term used to refer applications, scripts and programs that run on a device.
- 3. The two main categories of software are Application Software and System Software. • Programming software, which provides the programming tools software developers need. • Middleware, which sits between system software and applications. • Driver Software, which operates computer devices and peripherals. • An Application Software that fulfills a specific need or performs tasks. • System Software is designed to run a computers hardware and provides a platforms for application to run on top of. Other types of software include the following:
- 4. EXAMPLES AND TYPES OF COMPUTER Among the various categories of software, the most common types include the following: • Application Software – The most frequently used software is application software, which is a computer software package that performs as specific function for a user or, in some cases, for another application. An application can be self-contained, or it can be a group of programs that run the application for the user. Examples of modern application include office suites, graphics software, databases, database management programs, web browsers, word procesors, software development tools, image editors communication platforms.
- 6. • System Software – These software programs are designed to run a computers application programs and hardware. System Software coordinates the activities and function of the hardware and software. In addition, it control the operations of the computer hardware and provides an environment or platforms for all the other types of software to work in. An operating system (OS) is the best example of software; it manages all the other computer programs. Other example of system software include Firmware, Computer Language Translator and System Utilities
- 8. • Driver Software – Also known as device drivers, this software is often considered a type of system software. Device driver control the devices and peripherals and connected to a computer, helping theme perform there specific tasks. Every device that’s connected to a computer needs at least one device driver to function. Examples include software that comes with any nonstandard hardware, including special game controllers, as well as the software that unables standard hardware, such as USB storage devices, Keyboards, Headphones and Printers.
- 10. • Middleware – The term Middleware describes software that mediates between application and system software or between two different kinds of application software. For example, middleware lets Microsoft Windows talk to excel and Word. It’s used to send a remote work request from an application in a computer that has one kind of OS to an application in a computer with a different OS. It also lets newer application work with legacy one.
- 11. MIDDLEWARE
- 12. • Programming Software – Computer programmers use programming software to write code. Programming software and programming languages, such as Java or Python, let developers develop, write, test in debug other software programs. Examples of Programming Software include assemblers, compilers, debuggers, interpreters.