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i +  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. The movie is a 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 Software                              Application 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.








                                                                                                       Windows 11

                    Info Byte

                     Some other  types of operating  systems  are Linux  and
                     MacOS.


                 Application Software

                 The software that are designed to perform some specific type of jobs on a computer are
                 called Application Software.

                 Paint, Tux Paint and Windows Media Player are examples of application software.



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