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Multimedia Software

                 Multimedia Software are used to combine the text with graphics, videos, animations and sounds.
                 Therefore, it  is  called  multimedia  software.  Some  commonly  used  multimedia  software  are
                 Windows Media Player, Windows Movie Maker, Picasa, Inkspace, Media Monkey, etc.

























                                                        Windows Media Player


                 Customised Software

                 Customised software are those which have been developed according to the needs of a particular
                 organisation or an individual. Such software is also called tailor-made software. For example
                 Banking software, Delivery software, Shopping software, etc.



                        MEMORY


                 The storage space in a computer is called memory. The data and instructions that are entered
                 into the computer using input devices are stored inside the memory. There are two types of
                 memory: Primary memory and Secondary memory.



                                                               Memory



                                              Primary                           Secondary
                                              Memory                              Memory


                      Primary Memory

                 This is the main memory of a computer. CPU can directly access this memory. It is fixed on the
                 motherboard of a computer. Primary memory is further divided into two types:
                 1.  Random Access Memory (RAM)

                 2.  Read-only Memory (ROM)


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