Software and Programming Language

SOFTWARE divides into ...

• System

  Software

• Application software

• Operating
  system

• Utility
  programs

Mention General features of system software

• set of programs to control and manage the operation of computer hardware

• provides a platform on which other software can run

• allows a user to perform specific tasks using the computer’s resources

• required to allow hardware and software to run without problems

Mention General features of application software

• user can execute the software as and when they require

• used to perform various applications (apps) on a computer

• may be a single program or a suite of programs

• allows a user to perform specific tasks using the computer’s resources

(a)   these are programs that allow the hardware to run properly and allow the user to communicate

with the computer

Choose Utility programs

• defragmentation software

• screensavers

• Adobe Photoshop

• GTA V

Functions of Operating system

• Multitasking

• Interrupt handling
  routines

• Memory
  management

• virus check

(a)   is a signal that prompts the processor to stop executing its current task and to start executing a specific routine

The operating system is run on ________
The firmware is run on _________

• firmware/hardware

• firmware/bootloader

• computer/ROM

• firmware/operating system

What is a formal language designed to communicate instructions to a computer?

(a)  

Programming languages that a requires an extensive knowledges of computer hardware is _______

• Low-level Languages

• High-level Language