Concept of Software
Concept of Software SOFTWARE
'A Software is a set of instructions that are needed to exploit the hardware is a useful manner for given set of task. This is something that can not be touched or seen but is essential for working. Without software a computer is like a car without petrol or pen without refill.'
Software can be of following two basic types:- 1. System Software 2. Application Software
'SYSTEM SOFTWARE'
System Software is used to control, manage and work with the hardware of the computer or to convert instructions written in a high level language to machine language. It is classified as following: 1. Operating System 2. Programming Language 3. Translator
OPERATING SYSTEM
These programs are used to govern the control of the computer hardware components, such as processor, memory device and input/output devices. The operating system of a computer is one of the main factor which contribute to its capacity.
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
The communication between two parties whether they are machine or human being always needs a common language.The language used in the communication of computer instructions is known as the programming language. Three levels of programming languages are available. They are:
1. Machine Language(Low Level Language) 2. Assembly(or symbolic) language and 3. High level language
'MACHINE LANGUAGE'
Instruction stored in binary form,which a computer can process
Software Applications
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MICROSOFT WORD
'Microsoft Word is a complex program. A paragraph indent or character font that looks the same could have been created in at least half a dozen ways.'
