Introduction: What Is Software and how dose it work? Software is a computer program that is designed to do a specific task. Computer software can be thought of as the instructions that tell the computer what to do. Software is not the same as hardware, which are the physical parts of a computer. Software programs are often stored on some type of storage media, such as a CD-ROM or DVD. Software can be classified into two types: system software and application software. System software includes operating systems and other general-purpose programs necessary for running applications on your computer. Application software includes word processors, databases, games, graphics packages, and other programs designed to solve specific problems