COMPUTER SOFTWARE

COMPUTER SOFTWARE IS A GENERAL

TERM THAT DESCRIBES COMPUTER
PROGRAMS. RELATED TERMS SUCH
AS SOFTWARE PROGRAMS,
APPLICATIONS, SCRIPTS, AND
INSTRUCTION SETS ALL FALL UNDER
THE CATEGORY OF COMPUTER
SOFTWARE. THEREFORE, INSTALLING
NEW PROGRAMS OR APPLICATIONS
ON YOUR COMPUTER IS
SYNONYMOUS WITH INSTALLING NEW
SOFTWARE ON YOUR COMPUTER.
TYPES OF SOFTWARE
SYSTEM SOFTWARE
HERE WE ARE
GOING TO TALK
ABOUT A UTILITY
SOFTWARE WHICH
BELONGS TO
SYSTEM SOFTWARE.
UTILITY SOFTWARE
UTILITY SOFTWARE IS SOFTWARE
DESIGNED TO HELP TO ANALYZE,
CONFIGURE, OPTIMIZE OR MAINTAIN A
COMPUTER. IT IS USED TO SUPPORT THE
COMPUTER INFRASTRUCTURE - IN
CONTRAST TO APPLICATION SOFTWARE,
WHICH IS AIMED AT DIRECTLY
PERFORMING TASKS THAT BENEFIT
ORDINARY USERS. UTILITY SOFTWARE IS
CONSIDERED PART OF THE OPERATING
SYSTEM, USERS OFTEN INSTALL
REPLACEMENTS OR ADDITIONAL
UTILITIES. HOWEVER, UTILITIES OFTEN
FORM PART OF THE APPLICATION SYSTEMS.
TYPES OF UTILITY SOFTWARE
• DEFRAGMENTATION.
• DISK CLEAN UP.
• DISK PARTITIONING.
• DISK COMPRESSION.
• FILE MANAGER.
• ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE.
• DATA COMPRESSION.
• REGISTRY CLEANER.
• BACKUP.
ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE
ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE WAS
ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED TO DETECT
AND REMOVE COMPUTER VIRUSES,
HENCE THE NAME. HOWEVER, WITH
THE PROLIFERATION OF OTHER
KINDS OF MALWARE, ANTIVIRUS
SOFTWARE STARTED TO PROVIDE
PROTECTION FROM OTHER
COMPUTER THREATS. IN
PARTICULAR, MODERN ANTIVIRUS
SOFTWARE CAN PROTECT USERS
FROM: MALICIOUS BROWSER
HELPER , BROWSER.
HIJACKER, RANSOMWARE, ETC.,
data Compression
IN SIGNAL PROCESSING, DATA
COMPRESSION, BIT-RATE
REDUCTION IS THE PROCESS OF
ENCODING INFORMATION
USING FEWER BITS THAN THE
ORIGINAL REPRESENTATION. A
DEVICE THAT PERFORMS DATA
COMPRESSION IS REFERRED TO
AS AN ENCODER, AND ONE
THAT PERFORMS THE REVERSAL
OF THE PROCESS
(DECOMPRESSION) AS A
DECODER.
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