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Software
 

As described earlier, the software is a part of the computer you cannot touch but is very important.  The software is all the programming or instructions that makes the computer run; controlling everything that the computer does.  There are two kinds of software that help the computer run:

  1. Operating Systems
  2. Applications


An Operating System is the base program on a computer.  It tells the computer how to work or operate.  The operating system also allow you to load other programs that do specialized tasks on to your computer.
 

 

ex.

 
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Apple’s Mac OS

 
Applications are programs put onto the computer to do specialized tasks.
   

ex.

 

  • Word and WordPerfect
    (used to type letters and more complicated documents)
  • Explorer and Netscape
    (used to explore the Internet)
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