DEFINITIONS AND TYPES OF COMPUTER SOFTWARE

     Most people now divides the computer into two parts. The first part is the hardware that is a physical device in the computer. And the second part is the computer software, hardware informing them about what to do and how to do it. If the computer is likened to that of living things, then the hardware is the body such as eyes for seeing, lungs for breathing and other body parts, while the software or the software equivalent of a genius, such as image processing is seen eyes, ordered his hands to lift objects, and forcing the body to breathe using lungs.

Computer Hardware, became part of the machine, and only understand two basic concepts of light (on) and off (off), the concept of on and off is called binary. Computer software developed for the binary can be a way to tell the computer hardware in doing his job. Computer software translates and directs computer users to understand about what can be done by computer hardware.


Most of the computer software created by programmers using a programming language. Programmers write the instructions in programming languages like the language used by people at large in the conversations. The commands are called "Source Code". Other computer programs called compilers used in the source code, and then change the command to the language that can be understood by computers. And the result is called the program executable (EXE).


Computer software is divided into two main categories of software systems and software applications. System programming software that can allow the hardware running properly. Software applications provide the program that allows the user to do something besides run the hardware.


There are also several types of computer software, including:


Software Games - Type software included in the category of entertainment or entertainment, this software has a variety of types. These kinds such as MMOs (Massive Multiplayer Online games), first-person shooters, action games, Roleplaying games, and gaming adventure.


Software Driver - Program in allowing computers to be able to interact with additional hardware devices such as printers, scanners, and video cards.


Software Education - unlike the previous program, this educational software can teach anything from the computer, perform related activities such as typing or various other types of education such as chemistry.


Media player and other media software development - software designed to be able to play or editing digital media like music or video files.


Software Productivity - this type of software allows users to be more productive both in running a business or running other productive activities. Examples of this software is the letter processing software (Ms. Words), a database manager software, presentation software and other software.


Operating system - software that is the source of the other software that can allow other software to run. Examples of the software operating system is Windows Vista, Mac OS X and Linux

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