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Definition of Application Software and System Software.

What is  Application software & System Software?

Definition of Application Software and System Software is explained in simple language with examples:


A computer runs with the help of power supply ,software and hardware .
Now let us try to understand them in simple language:


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Application and system software
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The word software was used for the first time in late 1960.

software is a set of pattern or instructions or programs that instructs a system for performing a particular task .

Example When we write a letter we follow certain rules we set a margin and we decide a proper page in which a letter will be written we put Name, Address, date, etc A software has the pattern  coded inside it. 

In simple language whatever command we give to our computer/laptop,Mobile or Smartphone’s he understands it due the software inside it. We use many software in our daily life. 

Example :Software can be divided in two  sections 
System Software   and Application software.

What are types of System software?

System Software: When we turn on the computer it is the system software which get started and gets loaded in the memory It runs in the background. The other name for System software is LOW-LEVEL SOFTWARE They Basically manage the Behavior of the computer like what will happen when we right click a mouse or when we press enter we go to the next line of the page you are writing .


What are the types of Application software?


Example: File Management tools, MAC, WINDOWS, Linux, Device drivers, operating system, utilities, Assemblers, Debugger, and Compilers etc

Application Software: It is also known as END USER PROGRAMME They include many things making notes ,Designing graphics ,maintaining accounts, calculations, Games, Online Researches etc
Word Processing, Excel spreadsheet, Graphics, Games, Multimedia etc.


Other examples will be Media player, iTunes, VLC etc used for movies
Lambada Test, Sales Force, Slack, SaaS ,cross browser test, are Software as a services
Games like Candy crush, GTA, Ludo, Chess etc
Antivirus software like Quick heal, Norton, McAfee Kaspersky, Avast etc.


Computer hardware

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Physically parts which could be seen and touched are called hardware.


What are the Examples of computer hardware?



Examples: Monitor, CPU, Keyboard, Mouse,  Sound card Speakers, data card Graphics card expansion cards ,Charger etc All the software are stored in hardware And all the commands are given through hardware whether it be keyboard or a mile or Joystick etc Hardware also show us the result of the command given to the computer.

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