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Introduction To Computerlecture4CS

This document provides an overview of software and system software. It defines software as a set of instructions that allows a computer to perform tasks. It describes the two main types of software - application software which performs specific user tasks, and system software which manages computer resources and provides a platform for applications. The document then focuses on system software, describing the different types - system management programs like operating systems, system support programs, and system development programs. It provides examples of programs that fall into each category.

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Introduction To Computerlecture4CS

This document provides an overview of software and system software. It defines software as a set of instructions that allows a computer to perform tasks. It describes the two main types of software - application software which performs specific user tasks, and system software which manages computer resources and provides a platform for applications. The document then focuses on system software, describing the different types - system management programs like operating systems, system support programs, and system development programs. It provides examples of programs that fall into each category.

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Introduction to Computer

Lecture 4
Department of Computer & Software
Technology
By Kiramat Rahman
OutLine
• In this Lecture you will learn about:
• Term “Software” and its relationship with “Hardware”
• Various types of software and their examples
• Relationship among hardware, system software,
• application software, and users of a computer system
• Different ways of acquiring software
• Various steps involved in software development
• Firmware
• Middleware
software
• Software is a term for a set of instructions,
which makes a computer to perform a task.
• The set of instructions are commonly known
as a program, without which computers
cannot do any operations
Types of Software
• A software is classified broadly in to two groups,
• Application software, which includes normal
utility applications like micro soft word, power
point etc. .
• that interacts and performs user specific tasks.
• System software, such as operating systems,
which interacts directly with hardware to make
the system work and also provide a platform for
other applications to work.
System Software

• System software is a program that manages and


supports the computer resources and operations of a
computer system
• it executes various tasks such as processing data and
information, controlling hardware components, and
allowing users to use application software.
• That is, systems software functions as a bridge
between computer system hardware and the
application software.
Application Software
• Application software is the name given to the
programs that perform specific tasks for users.
• For example, games, instant messengers, word
processors, and antivirus programs are all
applications.
System Software
• System software is made up of many control
programs, including the operating system,
communications software and database manager.
• There are many kinds of computers these days.
Some of them are easier to learn than others.
Some of them perform better than others.
• These differences may come from different
systems software.
System Software cont…
• Three Kinds of Programs
• Systems software consists of three kinds of
programs. The system management programs,
system support programs, and system
development programs are. These are
explained briefly.
•
System Software cont….
• System Management Programs
• These are programs that manage the
• application software, computer hardware, and
data resources of the computer system.
• These programs include operating systems,
operating environment programs, database
management programs, and
telecommunications monitor programs.
System software cont…
• Among these, the most important system management
programs are operating systems. The operating systems
are needed to study more details. There are two reasons.
First, users need to know their functions first. For the
second, there are many kinds of operating systems
available today.
• Telecommunications monitor programs are additions of
the operating systems of microcomputers. These programs
provide the extra logic for the computer system to control
a class of communications devices.
•
System software cont….
System Support Programs
• These are the programs that help the operations and
management of a computer system.
• They provide a variety of support services to let the
computer hardware and other system programs run
efficiently.
• The major system support programs are system utility
programs, system performance monitor programs,
and system security monitor programs (virus checking
programs).
System software cont..
System Development Programs
• These are programs that help users develop
information system programs and prepare user
programs for computer processing.
• These programs may analyze and design systems and
program itself.
• The main system development programs are
programming language translators, programming
environment programs, computer-aided software
engineering packages

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