Question

what is a utility give an example

Answer 1

What is a Software ? A software is a set of programs / instructions that tells a computer / electronic machine that what to do when a particular event is triggered or, simply it can be defined as what happens when the user does something for example clicking a button etc.

Software can be classified into :

• System Software
• Application Software

System software can be classified into :

• Operating System (GUI-based & CUI-based)
• Device Drivers
• Language Processors (Assemblers, Interpreters, & Compilers)
• Utilities

So here we see that utilities are a part of System Software. Utilities are softwares that help us to do various tasks within an OS. Utilities are pre-installed on the system. Some examples of utilities are Disk-defragmenter, File System Management Software, Back-up software, etc.

Hope it helps.