Software

Software

1. operating systems

   • operating system runs the whole time on a computer

2. platform

   • particular combination of hardware and operating system

3. utility software

   • disk defragmentation
   • dick clean up
   • Anti- virus
   • system updates

4. Application software

   • allows the user to perform tasks
   • Desktop publishing software
   • presenting sofware
   • spreadsheet software

5. video editing software

   • microsoft video editing

6. Multimedia software

   • adobe reader

7. Accounting software

8. Software licencing

   • commercial software
     • profit
   • Shareware
     • Free
   • freeware
     • free but copywrited
   • Public domain
     • anyone can do anything to the software

9. User interfaces

   • Command line interface
   • Menu driven interface