Question

Diffeerentiate between the following (1) system software vs application software (2) compiler vs interpreter

Answer 1

Application software is
computer software
designed to help the
user to perform
specific tasks.
System software is computer
software designed to operate
the computer hardware and
to provide a platform for
running application software

Answer 2

this is to be one of the often askeNoCompilerInterpreter1Compiler Takes Entire program as inputInterpreter Takes Single instruction as input .2Intermediate Object Code isGeneratedNo Intermediate Object Code isGenerated3Conditional Control Statements are Executes fasterConditional Control Statements are Executes slower4Memory Requirement : More(Since Object Code is Generated)Memory Requirement is Less5Program need not be compiledevery timeEvery time higher level program is converted into lower level program6Errors are displayed after entire program is checkedErrors are displayed for every instruction interpreted (if any)7Example : C CompilerExample : BASICd que during ma computer science cources