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Types of Software
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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.
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.
Let us read about software in detail.
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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
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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