System software and application software and its types
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System software is software designed to provide a platform for other software. Examples of system software include operating systems like macOS, Ubuntu (a Linux distribution) and Microsoft Windows, computational science software, game engines, industrial automation, and software as a service applications.
Application software is a term which is used for software created for a specific purpose. It is generally a program or collection of programs used by end users. It can be called an application or simply an app. In fact all the software other than system software and programming software are application software.
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System software is software designed to provide a platform for other software. Examples of system software include operating systems like macOS, Ubuntu (a Linux distribution) and Microsoft Windows, computational science software, game engines, industrial automation, and software as a service applications.
There are four categories of application software: business, graphics and multimedia, home/personal/education, and communications. Probably the most well known business application is Microsoft Office, which includes word processing (Word), spreadsheet (Excel), Database (Access) and Presentation graphics (PowerPoint).