Types of Software

What is software?

• The physical parts of a computer

• The operating information used by a computer

• The memory bank of a computer

• The electrical current inside of a computer

Software that controls all of the computers hardware is...

• Program Software

• Application Software

• Instructional Software

• System Software

Certain computing projects in education and science are free and maintained by a diverse community of people. Their software is usually distributed as:

• open source
• charity
• off the shelf

Some software programs develop rapidly, gaining new features and adapting to new uses, very often very specialised and experimental. The best software in this case would be:

• open source
• proprietory
• bespoke

Software is split into ______ categories.

• 4

• 3

• 2

Which of the following is NOT an operating system?

• YouTube

• Windows

• MAC OS

An example of system software is:

• Word Processors

• Antivirus

• Web browsers

System software are needed to run the hardware and other application software.

• True

• False

This is system software.

• True

• False

The instructions that tell the computer what to do:

• Hardware

• Input

• Software

• Ooutput