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Software is that part of a computer, which we cannot
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see and touch.

A CD
? is a hardware but the songs or movies which are
stored in it, cannot be touched. That is a software.

A group of instructions given to the computer to do a particular work is
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called software . Without any software the computer would be useless.

Let us go back to the working of a computer. Which of the following steps are
done by software?

Yes! Software does the processing
. It makes the input from the user,
processes it and displays the output on the monitor.
The games that you play and the programs that teach you new and interesting

things on your computer are software.

There are two types of software.

1. System Software 2. Application Software

System Software

The system software controls the overall functionality of the computer. An
operating system is a type of system software which provides the platform to

use the computer.

Let us understand operating system with an example. There is a car in a
house. It has petrol, engine, wheels but it is standing still. It is not moving.

Because until a driver drives the car, it will not move. So, the driver is the

operator of the car. In the same way, the operating system is the driver of a
computer which makes it run.

Application Software

The software that does a specific type of work

is called the application software .

Let us understand this with the help of an

example. You have a juicer in your house.
What do you do with that? You can only

extract juice of fruits and vegetables with it.

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