Types of software
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A set of hardware is only the tangible part of a computer. In order to work it needs a second part, which is called software. Depending on the nature of the operations performed, all programs are conditionally divided into three types of software:
- system,
- application
- instrumental
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System programs: operating systems, device drivers and file shells can be referred to this type.
Application programs: Word text editor, Excel spreadsheet editor, Corel Draw, Adobe Photoshop, AutoCAD engineering program, 1C accounting package, MatCAD mathematical package, as well as many other programs that can be attributed to this type of software.
Instrumental programs: in essence are application programs. They differ only in that they are intended for software development, as well as testing the computer, supporting it in working condition.
This group includes programming systems Borland C++, Delphi, Visual Basic, and numerous service programs or utilities for testing, cleaning, formatting disks, compressing and backing up information, installing and destroying application programs.
This is how we can distinguish the main types of software that are used to solve certain tasks.
