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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.
                 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.


                  i +  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
                 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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