Software and its types and its advantages and disadvantages

Software &its types and Advantages and Disadvantages

SUBMITTED TO:- DEEPIKA SHARMABY:-YOUSAF SAHOTAROLL NO:-151076221367

College:- Chandigarh UniversityBranch:-C.S.EDate:-13.9.2017

Introduction

•Software is programs or instructions that tell the

computer what to do and how to do it

•Computers need software to do even a simple

job, without software computers cannot function

TYPES OF SOFTWARE

Types of Software

• System software:-It is the background software that enables the application software to interact with each other

• Application software:-It is a group of programs designed to accomplish a single task or a group of related tasks

SYSTEM SOFTWARE

System Software

• Also known as Operating System (OS) and Disk Operating

System (DOS)

• OS allows applications software to communicate with the

hardware

• DOS is a group of programs which manages the most basic

operations of a computer system

• DOS is a link between the users and the computer system

• Example of OS are Window XP, Window 7,VISTA, Linux,

Macintosh, etc

• DOS programs reside on a floppy disk or hard disk

EXAMPLES OF SYSTEM SOFTWARE:-

APPLICATION SOFTWARE

Application Software

• It is a group of programs designed to accomplish a single task

or a group of related tasks

• It divided into two categories:

• User-designed application software:-Software that is

created or designed by big companies and government

department

• Ready-made application software:-A collection of

programs designed for general use

EXAMPLES OF APPLICTION SOFTWARE:-

ADVENTAGES OF SOFTWARE

Advantages

• The Company will get the exact software/system that

they need

• The software will work exactly how they want it to

work

• The software will only have the features that they

specifically need in their business

DISADVENTAGES OF SOFTWARE

Disadvantages

• Takes a long time to develop

• Cost a great deal of money to develop such system

• Company need to employ a team of people such as

analysts, programmers

• There will be little in the way of user support and

online help