Computer Software

Things to remember

• Programs are the collections of data and instructions in a systematic order to perform some work.
• Software is the collection of program and other associated documents that helps to control, manage and integrate the components of computer system to accomplish a specific task.Software can be divided into two types. They are: system software and application software.
• The software that helps to activate the computer system and provide operating environment for other application software is called system software. It can be categorized into three types:operating System (OS), device drivers, languages translator(compilers, interpreters and assemblers) and utility software.
• The main function of OS is to manage the disk access, files process etc.
• Assembler is also called source program.