“Software” a very common term used
by every individual who knows to use a computer.According to Wikipedia, “A Computer software, or just software,
is any set of machine-readable instructions (most often in the form of a
computer program) that directs a computer's processor to perform specific
operations.”
In general terms, A Software is any
set of instructions given to a computer to perform some specific task. It is
basically a mediator or a bridge between the user and a computer
hardware .
Now there is a common misconception
about the bookish definition of Operating System and a Software. Most of us have
studied that operating system acts as a bridge between user and a computer. Now
when I call Software as a bridge then what is an operating system??
Well, without going into much of
operating system I am highlighting the point that an OS(operating system) is
also a kind of software.
Basically there are two types of
software
System Software: It is a software
that deals directly with the architecture of the computer hardware.Its manages
and controls computer hardware so that application software can perform its
task.Operating system is a kind of system software.
Application Software:It
is a software that interacts with end users and does whatever end user is
working on. Application software does NOT deal with the architecture of a
computer.
A
very common examples of Application software are microsoft office, windows
media players etc.
This was all about the term "Software". Stay Tuned, next blog will be updated soon.
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