MBA KMB 108 (Computer Applications and Management Information System) Lecture 4

MBA

SUBJECT NAME: Computer Applications and Management Information System

Subject Code: RMB 108

UNIT 1(conceptual frame work)

Software

Software is a set of programs, which is designed to perform a well-defined function. A program is a sequence of instructions written to solve a particular problem.

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Software is set of Programs or instructions. use to perform some specific task by computer. There are two types of software.

There are two types of software −

• System Software
• Application Software

System Software

The system software is a collection of programs designed to operate, control, and extend the processing capabilities of the computer itself. System software is generally prepared by the computer manufacturers. These software products comprise of programs written in low-level languages, which interact with the hardware at a very basic level. System software serves as the interface between the hardware and the end users.

Some examples of system software are Operating System, Compilers, Interpreter, Assemblers, etc.

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 System software directly interact with hardware. Few examples of system software are Operating system, compilers, utility programs, device drivers etc. System Software is responsible for managing hardware component, Generally System software are written in C language.

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The system software is also known as background software as most of them run at the background to support the foreground process. It acts as an interface between a computer user, computer hardware and application software. There are four types of system software as follow.

 a) Operating System
 b) Utilities
 c) Device drivers
 d) Language translators.

 

Here is a list of some of the most prominent features of system software −

• Close to the system
• Fast in speed
• Difficult to design
• Difficult to understand
• Less interactive
• Smaller in size
• Difficult to manipulate
• Generally written in low-level language

Application Software

Application software products are designed to satisfy a particular need of a particular environment. All software applications prepared in the computer lab can come under the category of Application software.

Application software may consist of a single program, such as Microsoft's notepad for writing and editing a simple text. It may also consist of a collection of programs, often called a software package, which work together to accomplish a task, such as a spreadsheet package.

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These software are used to perform user specific task and runs over the system software, Following are the example of Application software: Browsers, Media players gaming applications etc

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 Application software is also known as end-user software as this software used by end users to complete their task. There are two types of application software as follows.

 a) Basic application software
 b) Specialized application software

These are some types of software which we can use in our pc for work. Also if you are creating your own software you can easily Sell software online on e commerce websites.

Examples of Application software are the following −

• Payroll Software
• Student Record Software
• Inventory Management Software
• Income Tax Software
• Railways Reservation Software
• Microsoft Office Suite Software
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft PowerPoint

Features of application software are as follows −

• Close to the user
• Easy to design
• More interactive
• Slow in speed
• Generally written in high-level language
• Easy to understand
• Easy to manipulate and use
• Bigger in size and requires large storage space