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The document discusses different types of software. There are two main types: system software and application software. System software includes operating systems, device drivers, and utility software. An operating system coordinates computer hardware and allows users to communicate with the computer. Device drivers allow input/output devices to communicate. Utility software performs maintenance tasks. Application software helps users complete tasks and can be installed or accessed online, including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, database, and multimedia software.

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Types of Software

The document discusses different types of software. There are two main types: system software and application software. System software includes operating systems, device drivers, and utility software. An operating system coordinates computer hardware and allows users to communicate with the computer. Device drivers allow input/output devices to communicate. Utility software performs maintenance tasks. Application software helps users complete tasks and can be installed or accessed online, including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, database, and multimedia software.

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Lesson 2:

Types of Software
Prepared by: Mr. Renzmark
L. Ruiz
A closer look :
Software
 Software is called a program.
 Series of related instructions.
 Organized to perform some specific task.
 Used to operate a computer.
System
Software
 consists of programs that control or maintain the
operations of the computer and its devices.
 serves as the interface between the user, the
application software and the computer’s hardware.
3 basic components of a System Software:
Operating System
Device Drivers
Utility Software.
1. Operating
System
• A set of programs that coordinates all the activities among
computer hardware devices.
• A low-level, master system of programs that manage the
basic operations of the computer.
• It provides a means for users to communicate with the
computer and other software.
1. Operating System
• Every computer must have an operating system to run other
programs.
• When a user boot-up a computer, portions of the operating
system are copied into memory form the computer’s hard disk.
These parts of the operating system remain in memory while the
computer is on.
2. Device
Drivers
• Device Drivers are specialized software programs
that allow input and output devices to communicate
with the rest of the computer system.

• Device drivers comes with the system software when


you purchase a computer, the system software will
guide you through installing the necessary drivers.
3. Utility Software
• Allows a user to perform maintenance-type tasks usually related
to managing a computer, its devices, or its programs.

• They are used to support, enhance or expand existing programs


in a computer system.
3. Utility
• There are utility programs that can be bought that allows you to

Software
perform additional computer management functions.

• Examples of utility software are antivirus, backup software,


compression utility, disk checkers, disk partition editors,
debuggers, memory tester, network monitors, registry cleaners
and etc..
4. Application
Software
 Any program or group of
programs that is capable of
dealing with user inputs and
helps the user to complete the
task.
4. Application Software
 It is either be installed or access online.
 It can be a single program or a group of small programs that
referred to as an application suite consists of programs
designed to make users more productive and/or assist them
with personal tasks.
Examples of Application Software :
 Word Processing Software
 Spreadsheet Software
 Presentation Software
 Database Software
 Multimedia Software
1. Word Processing Software
• It is used to manipulate and format text, create
memos, letters, faxes and documents. Word
Processor provides a list of features like
thesaurus, find and replace features that enable
users to scan and replace, modify fonts, word art
to animate titles and many more.
2. Spreadsheet Software
• It is used to perform and manipulate
calculations.
• The data in a spreadsheet is stored in a cell.
• A cell is a grid of columns and rows.
• It provides formulas and function to perform
calculations like arithmetic operations, logical
operations and text operations.
3. Presentation
Software
• It is a program that shows the information
in the form of slides.
• To make these slides more informative, text,
graphics video and images are added.
3. Presentation Software
• The three components of Presentation software are text editor for
inputting and formatting text, inserting graphics, text, video and
other multimedia files and slideshow to display the information.

• This software helps the presenter to present their ideas with ease
and visual information easy to understand.
4. Database Software
• is a collection of data related to any
applications.

• The environment in every application


has some database wherever data
regarding users hold on.
4. Database
• The DBMS(Database Management System)

Software
Software tool is used for storing, modifying
extracting and looking for information within
a database.

• Examples of database application software


are MySQL, MS Access, Microsoft SQL Server
and Oracle.
5. Multimedia Software
• It is a combination of text, graphics,
audio and multimedia software used in
the editing of video, audio and text.
Multimedia software used in the
growth of business, educations,
information, remote system and
entertainment.

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