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Types of Software

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Types of Software3%
  1. Software vs Hardware
  2. System Software
  3. Application Software
  4. What an Operating System Does
  5. Firmware
  6. Interrupts
Programming Languages and Translators4%

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This topic accounts for approximately 3% of your exam marks.

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OS functions and utility software appear occasionally as short definition/example questions.

A computer is built from two things working together:

  • Hardware: the physical parts you can touch (CPU, RAM, hard drive, keyboard, screen).
  • Software: the programs that tell the hardware what to do, made of binary instructions stored in memory.

Software itself splits into two big categories:

  • System software: programs needed to make the computer itself usable. The operating system and utility programs belong here.
  • Application software: programs that the user chooses to install in order to do a specific job (write a document, edit photos, play a game).

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