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There are two types of software: System software and Application software.


                                                              Software




                                       System Software                    Application Software

           Prime (Ver. 2.2)-III  A software that controls and manages all the activities of a computer system is called
                   System Software




                  System Software. The system software is like a manager which 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
          20      System which 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.










                   Application Software


                  The software that are designed to perform some specific type of jobs on a computer

                  are called Application Software.

                  For  example,  you  can  draw  and  colour  beautiful  pictures  in  Paint  and  Tux  Paint
                  software, but you cannot play a movie or a song on it. To play a song, you need to

                  run the Windows Media Player which is another software specially designed to play
                  movies and songs.

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










                                      Paint                    Tux Paint           Windows Media Player
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