Software, known as programs or applications commonly, includes all the instructions that show the hardware how to perform an activity. CPU) they are based on. For example, a program that is made for the Windows operating system shall only work for that specific operating system. Compatibility of software shall differ as the design of the program and the operating system differ. Software that is designed for Windows XP may experience a compatibility issue when running under Windows 2000 or NT. Software is with the capacity of performing many tasks, as opposed to hardware that can only just perform mechanical tasks that they are created for. Software provides the means for achieving many different jobs with the same basic hardware.
System software: Helps run the computer hardware and computer system itself. System software includes operating systems, device drivers, diagnostic tools, and more. System software is almost pre-installed on your computer. Application software: Allows users to perform a number of tasks. It includes word processing, web surfing around and nearly every other task that you might set up software. These high-level instructions are changed into “machine language” instructions, represented in binary code, prior to the hardware can “run the code”. When you install software, it is already in this machine language generally, binary, form.
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