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COMPUTER SOFTWARE


                 A computer is an electronic machine. It cannot work by itself. A computer needs instructions to do
                 anything. These step-wise instructions are called software.

                 Software works like a manager between computer hardware and humans. So, we can say that
                 the part of a computer that we cannot see and touch is known as software.

                 For example, you play a movie on the computer from a pen drive. You can touch the pen drive but
                 you cannot touch the movie. This movie is the software and the pen drive is the hardware which
                 stores the movie and keeps it safe.
                 There are two types of software: System software and Application software.


                                                               Software





                                             System                             Application
                                            Software                             Software



                      System Software

                 A software that controls and manages all the activities of a computer system is called System
                 software. The system software is like a manager who manages a computer system.

                 When we switch on a computer, the first thing that system software does is to prepare the computer
                 for you to work on it. It loads important files so that you can work and run the application software.
                 This software is called the Operating System.

                 Operating system is  the  most  commonly  used system  software.  Microsoft Windows is  the
                 most popular operating system used by people across the world. There are many versions like
                 Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8 , Windows 10 and Windows
                 11. Windows 11 is the latest version.




























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