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Types of Software

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                          Learning Outcomes


                              Software                                           System Software

                              Application Software

                              Difference Between System Software and Application Software

                              Operational Support System




                  In the past two decades, computers have reshaped our lives almost everywhere, whether
                  it is at home, work, school, hospital, etc. There has been an enormous increase in the use

                  of computers.
                  The 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 that stores the movie and keeps it safe.
                  Let us read about software in detail.


                   i +  SOFTWARE

                  A computer  is an  electronic  machine. It cannot  work  on its own.  A computer  needs
                  instructions to do anything. These step-wise instructions are called software. Software
                  is another term used for a computer program. It controls the computer and makes it do
                  useful work. Without software a computer is useless.

                  Software can be classified into two broad categories: system software and application
                  software.

                                                               Software



                              System Software                                         Application Software




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