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SOFTWARE

What is Software?

You learned that computer hardware is any part of a computer that can be touched. Computer software,
by contract, is a collection of computer code that is installed onto a computer. This code makes up
computer programs, which are used to give specific instructions to a computer. All computers need
software to enable them to perform tasks. So, software enables you to interact with a computer.
Software can generally be divided into two groups:

System software and application software.


The operating system or system software

These programs are designed to act as translators between the operator and the computer. The
operating system, e.g. windows 2000, window XP, window 10, windows Vista form part of this group.
Without an operating system, no computer will function. The moment a computer is switched on, the
operating system program is loading into the RAM of the computer.
Application software

There is a number of programs that are written for a special purpose, such as:

Word processing programs that are designed to create, edit and manipulate text. An example is MS
word.

Spreadsheet programs that are designed to create, edit and organize large collections of related data.
Examples are MS Access or DBase.
Basic structure of the binary system

“Bi” means “two. Computers use a binary numbering system that5 consists of only two numbers, zero
and one. In electronics a “1” means that the electrical current is on. “O” means that it is off. The different
part of computer communicate with one another using pulses of electrical current (0’s and 1’s).

The computer converts the pattern of 0’s and 1’s into characters such as numbers and letters. Each
character is represented by a unique eight-digit combination of 0’s and 1’s. For example, the letter “a” is
understood by a computer as “01100001”.

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