Question

Difference between program and software in tabular form

Answer 1

software

• The software is a broad term which is designed to perform some specific set of operations.
• A software consists of bundles of programs and data files. Programs in a specific software use these data files to perform a dedicated type of tasks.
• A software can be classified into two categories: application software and system software.

program

• A program is set of instructions which perform only a specific type of task.
• A program consists of a set of instructions which are coded in a programming language like C, C++, PHP, Java etc.
• A program cannot be classified into various categories.

Answer 2

Difference between program and software are as follow;--

1. Program is specific in nature and is about specific type and specific thing, whereas software is used to describe lots of things and is more general ad not specific.
2. A program is set of instructions performing only specific type of task and a software is used to design or perform set of operations.
3. Program consists of set of instruction which are coded in programming language like c++, java etc whereas software is bundle of programs and data file and uses these data files to perform dedicated tasks.
4. Program cannot be divided further whereas software is classified as application software and system software.
5. Application software has varieties like text editor, web browser, video player, video editor etc and source code is program is written for small jobs.
6. Program is used and developed by single programmer whereas software is used and developed either by single or a group of programmers.
7. Program don't have a user interface whereas software has a dedicated user interface.
8. Software development life cycle is not used by program  whereas it is used by software.
9. Program is compiled every time we generate some output whereas a software is not compiled every time and is done only once during development process.