2. WHAT IS A COMPUTER SYSTEM SOFTWARE PROGRAM CLASSIFICATION? THERE ARE THREE
KINDS, OR CATEGORIES, OF COMPUTER SOFTWARE:
SOFTWARE
SYSTEM SOFTWARE
PROGRAMS SOFTWARE APPLICATION/ MIDDLEWARE
3. SOFTWARE IS WHAT LOTS OF PEOPLE THINK OF WHEN THEY THINK OF SOFTWARE. IT IS A
PROGRAM OR SET OF PROGRAMS THAT SATISFIES A COMPANY REQUIREMENT, SUCH AS
WORD PROCESSORS, EXCEL, PAY-ROLL SOFTWARE PROGRAM, COMPUTER GAMES,
GRAPHICS AND SONGS.
PATRICK ARMSTRONG AUGUSTA
SYSTEM SOFTWARE IS ANY KIND OF COMPUTER SOFTWARE PROGRAM WHICH MANAGES
AND CONTROLS COMPUTER HARDWARE TO ENSURE THAT APPLICATION SOFTWARE CAN
EXECUTE A JOB THAT ALLOW THE END-USER TO EXECUTE PARTICULAR, PRODUCTIVE JOBS,
SUCH AS OPERATING SYSTEMS.
4. SHOWS SOFTWARE PROGRAM, OR MIDDLEWARE, TYPICALLY GIVES DEVICES TO AID A
DEVELOPER IN WRITING COMPUTER PROGRAMS IN AN EASIER MEANS. THE TOOLS
INCLUDE FULL-SCREEN EDITOR, COMPILERS, INTERPRETERS, LINKERS, DEBUGGERS, ETC
. APPLICATION SOFTWARE IS A SUBCLASS OF COMPUTER SOFTWARE APPLICATION THAT
UTILIZES THE ABILITIES OF A COMPUTER SYSTEM STRAIGHT AS WELL AS EXTENSIVELY TO
A TASK THAT THE INDIVIDUAL WISHES TO DO. THIS NEED TO BE CONTRASTED WITH
SYSTEM SOFTWARE WHICH IS INVOLVED IN INTEGRATING A COMPUTER SYSTEM'S
NUMEROUS ABILITIES.
5. USUALLY THE SOFTWARE APPLICATION DOES NOT STRAIGHT USE THEM IN THE EFFICIENCY
OF JOBS THAT PROFIT THE CUSTOMER. IN THIS CONTEXT THE TERM APPLICATION
DESCRIBES BOTH THE APPLICATION SOFTWARE AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION. SEVERAL
APPLICATIONS BUNDLED TOGETHER AS A PLAN ARE SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS AN
APPLICATION COLLECTION.
MICROSOFT WORKPLACE, OPENOFFICE.ORG, AND IWORK 08, WHICH BUNDLE WITH EACH
OTHER A WORD PROCESSING PROGRAM, A SPREAD SHEET, AND ALSO SEVERAL OTHER
DISTINCT APPLICATIONS, ARE CASE IN POINTS. THE DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS IN A SUITE
TYPICALLY HAVE A USER INTERFACE THAT HAS SOME COMMONNESS MAKING IT EASIER
FOR THE CUSTOMER TO LEARN AND MAKE USE OF EACH APPLICATION.
JOSEPH ARMSTRONG AUGUSTA
6. FREQUENTLY THEY MAY HAVE SOME CAPACITY TO ENGAGE WITH EACH OTHER IN MEANS
BENEFICIAL TO THE USER. FOR INSTANCE, A SPREAD SHEET MAY BE ABLE TO BE
EMBEDDED IN A WORD CPU PAPER EVEN THOUGH IT HAD ACTUALLY BEEN PRODUCED IN
THE SEPARATE SPREAD SHEET APPLICATION.
USER-WRITTEN SOFTWARE PROGRAM DRESSMAKERS SYSTEMS TO SATISFY THE
CUSTOMER'S CERTAIN DEMANDS. USER-WRITTEN SOFTWARE INCLUDE SPREAD SHEET
TEMPLATES, WORD PROCESSING PROGRAM MACROS, SCIENTIFIC SIMULATIONS,
GRAPHICS AND ALSO COMPUTER ANIMATION SCRIPTS. EVEN E-MAIL FILTERS ARE A KIND
OF INDIVIDUAL SOFTWARE. CUSTOMERS CREATE THIS SOFTWARE APPLICATION
THEMSELVES AND FREQUENTLY OVERLOOK EXACTLY HOW VITAL IT IS.
7. IN SOME KINDS OF INGRAINED SYSTEMS, THE APPLICATION SOFTWARE AS WELL AS THE
OPERATING SYSTEM SOFTWARE PROGRAM MAY BE TANTAMOUNT TO THE INDIVIDUAL, AS
IN THE CASE OF SOFTWARE APPLICATION UTILIZED TO MANAGE A VCR, DVD GAMER OR
MICROWAVE OVEN. IT IS NECESSARY TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS MEANING MIGHT LEAVE
OUT SOME APPLICATIONS THAT MAY FEED ON SOME COMPUTER SYSTEMS IN BIG
ORGANIZATIONS.
