TYPES OF

SOFTWARE
BHUVANRAJ BETAGERI 7D
Application Software
A P P L I C AT I O N S O F T WA R E , O R A P P F O R S H O R T, I S S O F T WA R E T H AT
P E R F O R M S S P E C I F I C TA S K S F O R A N E N D - U S E R .
E F F E C T I V E LY, I F T H E U S E R I S I N T E R A C T I N G D I R E C T LY W I T H A
P I E C E O F S O F T WA R E I T I S A P P L I C AT I O N S O F T WA R E . F O R E X A M P L E ,
M I C R O S O F T W O R D O R E X C E L A R E A P P L I C AT I O N S O F T WA R E , A S A R E
COMMON WEB BROWSERS SUCH AS FIREFOX OR GOOGLE CHROME.
I T A L S O I N C L U D E S T H E C AT E G O R Y O F M O B I L E A P P S , I N C L U D I N G
C O M M U N I C AT I O N A P P S S U C H A S W H AT S A P P O R G A M E S S U C H A S
CANDY CRUSH SAGA. THERE ARE ALSO APP VERSIONS OF COMMON
S E RV I C E S S U C H A S T H O S E P R O V I D I N G W E AT H E R O R T R A N S P O RT
I N F O R M AT I O N O R A P P S F O R C U S T O M E R S T O I N T E R A C T W I T H
C O M PA N I E S .
A P P L I C AT I O N S O F T WA R E I S D I S T I N C T F R O M S Y S T E M S O F T WA R E ,
W H I C H R E F E R S T O T H E S O F T WA R E T H AT A C T U A L LY K E E P S T H E
S Y S T E M S R U N N I N G S U C H A S T H E O P E R AT I N G S Y S T E M ,
C O M P U TAT I O N A L S C I E N C E S O F T WA R E , G A M E E N G I N E S , I N D U S T R I A L
A U T O M AT I O N , A N D S O F T WA R E A S A S E RV I C E A P P L I C AT I O N S .
System Software
SYSTEM
SOFTWARE  IS SOFTWARE DESIGNED TO
PROVIDE A PLATFORM FOR
OTHER SOFTWARE. EXAMPLES OF  SYSTEM
SOFTWARE  INCLUDE
OPERATING SYSTEMS LIKE MACOS, LINUX,
ANDROID AND MICROSOFT WINDOWS,
COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE  SOFTWARE, GAME
ENGINES, INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION,
AND SOFTWARE  AS A SERVICE
APPLICATIONS.
Programming Software

Programming software is a software which helps

the programmer in developing other software.
Compilers, assemblers, debuggers, interpreters etc.
are examples of programming software. Integrated
development environments (IDEs) are combinations
of all these software. Programming software is a
software which helps the programers in creating,
debugging and maintaining and other programs
and applications.
Driver Software
In the most fundamental sense, a driver is
a software component that lets the operating
system and a device communicate with each
other. ... The application calls a function
implemented by the operating system, and the
operating system calls by the driver. A driver is a
operating system and a device communicate each
other. The application calls a function implemented
by the operating system, and the operating system
calls a function implemented by the driver.