Question

define software and its in detail

Answer 1

Software is described as a computer program.
For example:-
Scripts, applications, programs and a set of instructions are all terms often used to describe software.
Therefore, the theory of software was first proposed by Alan Turing in 1935 in his essay 'Computable numbers with an application to the Entscheidungsproblem. However, the word software was coined by mathematician and satistician John Tukey in a 1958 issue of American Mathematical Monthly in which he discussed electronic calculators programs.

Answer 2

• Software is a bunch of codes and programs which is designed either to perform the overall function or to perform a specific function or work.

• A software tells the computer hardware what to do, when to do and how to do.

• On the basis of their work, softwares are classified in to two types namely: Application Software and System Software.

• Application Software is the bunch of programs which is designed to perform a particular task.

• System Software is the bunch of programs which is designed to perform the overall function of a computer.

• There are generally two types of software namely, System Software and Application Software.