Ques:- Explain about the Softwar and its application and Types of software?
Software:- The software is the logical component of the computer system that give the base to the system to work properly since it is logical so it is not visible but even then it is very important component without software the computer system is not a system. It is like an empty box.
According to developer’s
point of view the software is the collection of instructions kept in one or
more files that is developed in any language.
The
software is mainly divided into three categorize:-
1. System software
(ads)
2. Utility software
3. Application software
The software is also divided into following types :-
1. Free ware
2. Open source software
3. Share ware
4. Live were
5. Daemon
6. Embedded software
7. Device driver
8. Nag ware
9. Disk utilities
10.
Virus
11.
Warm
12.
Firewall
13.
Antivirus
System software :- The system software is most
important kinds of software that is responsible to manage the whole computer
system including its environment and hardware.
It
is divided into following types :-
1. Operating system
2. Translator
3. Linker
4. Loader
5. Scheduler
(ads)
Utility software :- The utility software is another kind of software
that is installed and use to make the computer system more safe and powerful.
This kind of software keeps itself as the part of the operating system so it
may be defined as the extended part of the system software.
It is divided into following types :-
1. Antivirus
2. Firewall
3. Antiworm
4. Disk utilities
5. Device driver
Application software :- It is the most dynamic kind
of software that is highly customizable in nature so it is also defined as the
customized software. It is developed as as per the need of the user so there
are a lot of applications software which are developed for different purposes.
Its types are :-
1. Word processing software
2. Spread sheet software
3. Accounting software
4. Data base management system
5. R.D.B.M.S.
6. Voice Reconization software
7. Designing software
8. Photo editing software
9. Recording and voice editing
software
Free ware :- It is the special kinds of
the software that is available without any cost.
Ex.:-
Linux.
Share ware:- It is the kind of the software that is initially available without any cost but after certain period of time you will have to pay some amount otherwise the software will be expired. It is also known
(ads)
as the demo version of the software. Most of the
Antivirus are share ware.
Open source software :- Generally the source code of
any S/W is open source software you can
get its source.
Ex.
:- Linux
Nag ware :- It is the software that
always prompt for registration.
Embedded software:- It is the kind of the
software that is developed on computers for other digital devices such as
mobiles, palmtops, PDA(Personal Digital Assistant), Robots etc.
Live ware :- It is the kind of the
software that requires either network or internet connectivity.
Daemon :- It is the kind of the software that executes in the background of the system. Most of the Antivireses are Daemons. This particular term is originated from UNIX
