COMPUTER LITERACY

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SOFTWARE

Software is a collection of instructions that enable the users to interact with a computer, its hardware or perform tasks. Without software, computers would be useless.

SYSTEM SOFTWARE

The programs directly related to the computer hardware and perform tasks associated with controlling and utilizing computer hardware.

APPLICATION SOFTWARE

• An application is a job or task a user wants to accomplish through a computer.

• Application software are programs that help a user perform a specific job

EXAMPLES OF SYSTEM SOFTWARE

●Utility software

●System servers

●Device drivers

●Operating system (OS)

●windows/ graphical user interface (GUI) system

UTILITY SOFTWAREUtility software is system software designed to help analyze, configure, optimize or maintain a computer.

PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE

It is a software which helps the programmer in developing other software. Compilers, assemblers, debuggers, interpreters etc. are examples of programming software.

DEVICE DRIVERSIn computing, a device driver is a computer program that operates or controls a particular type of device that is attached to a computer. A driver provides a software interface to hardware devices, enabling operating systems and other computer programs to access hardware functions without needing to know precise details of the hardware being used.

OPERATING SYSTEM The low-level software that supports a computer's basic functions, such as scheduling tasks and controlling peripherals.

SYSTEM SERVERS

It is a computer program that provides servers to other computer programs (and their users) in the some or other computer.

GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE (GUI) SYSTEM

It is a type of operating system that makes use of:

●Windows●Icons●Menus●pointers

FEATURES OF SYSTEM SOFTWARE

●Close to system●Fast in speed●Difficult to design●Difficult to understand●Less interactive●Smaller in size●Difficult to manipulate●Generally written in low-level language

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