Types of Software

Software made specially for a particular customer

• Operating System

• Generic

• Custom

• Utility

General software that anyone can buy

• Operating System
• Generic
• Custom
• Utility

The program that controls the computer

• Operating System
• Generic
• Custom
• Utility

Something which is connected to a computer, for example keyboard or printer

• Utility
• Peripheral
• GUI
• Interrrupt

An antivirus program is an example of what type of software

• Utility
• Operating System
• Application
• Custom

Which of these is an operating system

• Safari

• Android

• Fifa 2017

• Norton Antivirus

Which of these is something an operating system does?

• Displaying a website
• Calculating a budget
• Playing a game
• Writing files to the hard disk drive