{"id":2001,"date":"2023-09-15T06:28:03","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T06:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itnotes.apjsoftwares.com\/?p=2001"},"modified":"2023-09-15T06:28:04","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T06:28:04","slug":"what-is-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itnotes.apjsoftwares.in\/index.php\/2023\/09\/15\/what-is-software\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Software?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A software programs which enable the user to perform some particular task <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>System Software : <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>System Software , it helps the user as well as the hardware to function and even interact with each easily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A) Operating System<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>MS Windows<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>macOS<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Linux<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>iOS<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Android<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CentOS<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ubuntu<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Unix<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>B) Device Drivers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This type of software controls particular hardware which is essentially attached to the system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>BIOS Driver<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Motherboard Driver<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Display Driver<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ROM Driver<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Printer Driver<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USB Driver<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sound Card Driver<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>C) Firmware<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is actually a permanent software which is embedded in the system`s read-only memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Computer Peripherals<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Embedded System<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>UEFI<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BIOS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>D) Utility<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Software like dike cleanup and management tools, anti-viruses, defragmenters, compression tools etc. are all utility software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Norton Antivirus<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>McAfee Antivirus<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>WinRAR<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>WinZip<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Piriform CCleaner<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Windows File Explorer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Directory Opus<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Razer Cortex<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>2) Application Software <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Popularly Known As end-user programs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>MS Word<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Apple iwork-Pages<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Corel WordPerfect<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Google Docs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>B) Database Software <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is use create as well as manage a database<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>MS Access<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>FileMaker <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>dBase<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clipper<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MySQL<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>FoxPro <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>C) Multimedia Software <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a software which is able to play, create as well as record images, audio or even video files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Adobe Photoshop<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Picasa <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>VLC Media Player<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Windows Media Player<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Windows Media Meker<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>D) Web Browsers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These software are utilized to browse the internet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Google Chrome<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mozilla Firefox<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Internet Explorer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A software programs which enable the user to perform some particular task System Software ,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itnotes.apjsoftwares.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2001"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itnotes.apjsoftwares.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itnotes.apjsoftwares.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itnotes.apjsoftwares.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itnotes.apjsoftwares.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2001"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/itnotes.apjsoftwares.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2002,"href":"https:\/\/itnotes.apjsoftwares.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2001\/revisions\/2002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itnotes.apjsoftwares.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itnotes.apjsoftwares.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itnotes.apjsoftwares.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}