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Computer programs or software, is the term used to refer generally to the operation and the roles of IT processes, documentation and programs have on a computer system. This includes applications such as word processing software, firmware, software programmed for the digital service in memory of integrated hardware companies. Software testing such as testing the functionality, appearance and performance, and middleware, a program that regulates and controls the coordinates of distributed systems. All these things and more are included in the broad term for software.

But that is not all inclusive, since the term software includes many other topics. Additional ideas include covers of video game software, programs, websites and applications. The term "software" is also used more broadly to specify everything that is not hardware but which is used with the hardware. Basically, the software is everything, but the hardware of a computer.

The term "hardware" is used to refer to the literal parts of the computer, modem, internal circuitry, chips, on the basics of any aspect of the computer that is physically tangible, hence the name "hardware." Software, however, refers to everything inside the computer, or non-tangible aspects of the computer that are used for common functionality. A computer can be compared to actual brain circuits and hard drives are the physical brain tissue, but what happens inside the brain is the software, or 'thought processing. " This makes the software very broad definition.

Software can only be defined as the coded instructions that are sent to the computer, which when received by the computer, carries out the tasks the user wants. The commands governing the functioning of the computer and all programs that run on your computer at any given time. Every program installed on your computer consists of an encoded material. This is what the computer reads and executes commands necessary to use it during the program. The types of software can be classified into three:
1. System software

Also known as operating system, is used by the computer software to convert and translate the input from different sources into a machine language. It is the task of an operating system to organize the hardware components of a computer. It is also the system software provides a shield of protection to all other software applications. With the operating system, support is also provided to the physical components of computers. Os Many in the market. The windows operating system is the one who has done a lot of waves in the system software industry. Other operating systems also abound. These include UNIX, which is used for office settings with large powerful networks. We also have HP-UX and AIX, HP used by computers. OS Apache is also popular, especially with web servers.

2. Application Software:

Application software are the most known and used types of software. The application software covers almost all daily activities on the PC. Some examples of application software are the Microsoft office suite that includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Publisher. Many people use these applications extensively. With Internet Explorer, Netscape and Mozilla Firefox, people have access to access the Internet. Outlook Express is the software used to manage e-mail. One of the characteristics of the application software is the user interface.