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Main Part of Computer Software:
Software
The programs and other operating information used by a computer.
Types of software
| System software | Application software | Programming software |
| Operating software | Educational software | Text editor |
| Loader | Spreadsheet software | Compiler |
| Data driver | Word processors | interpreter |
| Firmware |
- Operating system software -An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources and provides common services for computer programs. The operating system is a component of the system software in a computer system.
- Functions of operating system – The basic functions of an operating system are: Booting the computer. Performs basic computer tasks eg managing the various peripheral devices eg mouse, keyboard. Provides a user interface, e.g. command line, graphical user interface (GUI).
- Spreadsheet software – A software interface consisting of an interactive grid made up of cells in which data or formulas are entered for analysis or presentation
- Word processors – a program or machine for storing, manipulating, and formatting text entered from a keyboard and providing a printout.
- Compiler – A compiler is a computer program (or a set of programs) that transforms source code written in a programming language (the source language) into another computer language (the target language), with the latter often having a binary form known as object code.
- Interpreter – a program that can analysis and execute a program line by line.
- Database management system – software that handles the storage, retrieval, and updating of data in a computer system.
- Antivirus Software – Anti-virus software is a program or set of programs that are designed to prevent, search for, detect, and remove software viruses, and other malicious software like worms, trozans, adware, and more.
- Boot – The boot process is the name for the various steps the computer takes after you turn it on, all the way until the operating system is loaded.
- Cold Boot – The start-up of a computer from a powered-down, or off, state. Also called a hard boot.
- Warm Boot – restarting a computer via the operating system.
| Operating system/System Software | Unix and BSD | UNIX System V, IBM AIX, HP-UX, Solaris (SunOS), IRIX, List of BSD operating systems |
| GNU/Linux | List of Linux distributions, Comparison of Linux distributions | |
| Microsoft Windows | Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 | |
| DOS | 86-DOS (QDOS), IBM PC DOS, MS-DOS, DR-DOS, FreeDOS | |
| Macintosh operating systems | Classic Mac OS, macOS (previously OS X and Mac OS X) | |
| Embedded and real-time | List of embedded operating systems | |
| Experimental | Amoeba, Oberon/Bluebottle, Plan 9 from Bell Labs | |
| Library | Multimedia | DirectX, OpenGL, OpenAL, Vulkan (API) |
| Programming library | C standard library, Standard Template Library | |
| Data | Protocol | TCP/IP, Kermit, FTP, HTTP, SMTP |
| File format | HTML, XML, JPEG, MPEG, PNG | |
| User interface | Graphical user interface (WIMP) | Microsoft Windows, GNOME, KDE, QNX Photon, CDE, GEM, Aqua |
| Text-based user interface | Command-line interface, Text user interface | |
| Application Software | Office suite | Word processing, Desktop publishing, Presentation program, Database management system, Scheduling & Time management, Spreadsheet, Accounting software |
| Internet Access | Browser, Email client, Web server, Mail transfer agent, Instant messaging | |
| Design and manufacturing | Computer-aided design, Computer-aided manufacturing, Plant management, Robotic manufacturing, Supply chain management | |
| Graphics | Raster graphics editor, Vector graphics editor, 3D modeler, Animation editor, 3D computer graphics, Video editing, Image processing | |
| Audio | Digital audio editor, Audio playback, Mixing, Audio synthesis, Computer music | |
| Software engineering | Compiler, Assembler, Interpreter, Debugger, Text editor, Integrated development environment, Software performance analysis, Revision control, Software configuration management | |
| Educational | Edutainment, Educational game, Serious game, Flight simulator | |
| Games | Strategy, Arcade, Puzzle, Simulation, First-person shooter, Platform, Massively multiplayer, Interactive fiction | |
| Misc | Artificial intelligence, Antivirus software, Malware scanner, Installer/Package management systems, File manager |
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