software types. system software in detail.

2. HAFSA MUZAMMIL
AROOBA WASI
AMMARA MASOOD
IQRA TAWAB
ANUM ANEES

3. Software is a collection of instructions that enable the users
to interact with a computer, its hardware or perform tasks.
Without software, computers would be useless.

5. SYSTEM SOFTWARE
The programs directly related to the
computer hardware and perform
tasks associated with controlling and
utilizing computer hardware.

6. APPLICATION SOFTWARE
•An application is a job or task a user wants to
accomplish through a computer.
•Application software are programs that help a
user perform a specific job

7. EXAMPLES OF SYSTEM SOFTWARE
● Utility software
● System servers
● Device drivers
● Operating system (OS)
● windows/ graphical user interface (GUI)
system

8. UTILITY SOFTWARE
Utility software is system software designed to
help analyze, configure, optimize or maintain a
computer.

9. PROGRAMMING
SOFTWARE
It is a software which helps the programmer in
developing other software. Compilers, assemblers,
debuggers, interpreters etc. are examples of
programming software.

10. DEVICE DRIVERS
In computing, a device driver is a computer program that operates or controls a
particular type of device that is attached to a computer. A driver provides a
software interface to hardware devices, enabling operating systems and other
computer programs to access hardware functions without needing to know
precise details of the hardware being used.

11. OPERATING SYSTEM
The low-level software that supports a
computer's basic functions, such as scheduling
tasks and controlling peripherals.

12. SYSTEM SERVERS
It is a computer program that provides
servers to other computer programs (and
their users) in the some or other
computer.

13. GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE
(GUI) SYSTEM
It is a type of operating system that
makes use of:
● Windows
● Icons
● Menus
● pointers

14. FEATURES OF SYSTEM
SOFTWARE
● Close to system
● Fast in speed
● Difficult to design
● Difficult to understand
● Less interactive
● Smaller in size
● Difficult to manipulate
● Generally written in low-level language