Question

what is software ????????

Answer 1

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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.....

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Software can be classified into :

• System Software
• Application Software

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System software can be classified into :

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

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Application Software can be classified Into :

• General-purpose Software (Word, Power-point, Excel, Coral-draw, Windows Media Player etc....)
• Specific-purpose Software (BusyWin, Tally, Attendance Systems, Billing Systems etc...)
• Customized Softwares

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Answer 2

Computer software, or simply software, is a collection of data or computer instructions that tell the computer how to work. This is in contrast to physical hardware, from which the system is built and actually performs the work.