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Computer Skills: Software

The document discusses different types of computer software. It defines system software as programs that handle technical computer tasks like operating systems, utilities, device drivers, and programming language translators. It describes operating systems as the most important system software that manages interactions between applications and computer equipment. Application software refers to programs users employ to perform specific tasks like word processing, spreadsheets, databases, and more.

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Computer Skills: Software

The document discusses different types of computer software. It defines system software as programs that handle technical computer tasks like operating systems, utilities, device drivers, and programming language translators. It describes operating systems as the most important system software that manages interactions between applications and computer equipment. Application software refers to programs users employ to perform specific tasks like word processing, spreadsheets, databases, and more.

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Computer Skills

Software
Chapter3

Ayman Odeh 07/29/2020 1


Outlines
1. Computer Software Concepts
2. Types of Software
◦ System Software
◦ Applications
3. System Software
 Operating Systems
 Utilities
 Device Drivers
 Programming language translators
4. Function of Operating System

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Computer Software Concepts
 Difference between hardware and software
 Hardware: Physical equipment of computer
 Software: Is a set of sequence instructions

that tell the computer what to do


 S/W-built on thinking, knowledge and

planning
 Programmer: A person who makes the

program, using programming language

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System Software
 It used by computer to handle computer
technical tasks only, e.g. it handles where a
word processing program is stored in
memory.
 It has four types:

◦ Operating Systems
◦ Utilities
◦ Device Drivers
◦ Programming Language Translators

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Operating
Application
Software Utilities
System
Computer Device
Drivers
Hardware Devices
Language
translator

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Operating system
◦ Most important system software.
◦ Hold all the instructions such as
 Starting the computer
 Displaying on the monitor
 Using the keyboard
 Saving and Loading files
 Using Secondary Memory
 Managing the application software by being
an interface between them and the
computer’s equipment

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Operating System Examples
◦ Windows
◦ Linux
◦ Unix
◦ Macintosh Operating System (Mac OS)
◦ Android
◦ iOS (iPhone OS)

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Functions of Operating System
 Booting up.
 User Interface : GUI, Command Prompt
 Task and Resources Management.
 Monitoring.
 Files Management.
 System Security.

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Utilities
◦ Specialized programs designed to make
computing easier.
◦ Examples:
 Anti-virus programs
 Backup programs
 File compression programs

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Device Drivers:
◦ They are working with the operating systems to
allow communication between the device and the
rest of the computer system.

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Language Translators
 They are programs that translate the source
code to object code to Machine language.
(High-level code to low-level or machine code)
 ABC: print(“ABC”)  010101010101010

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Application Software
Used by users to perform certain tasks or applications
Includes:
◦ Word Processing: Used for producing letters, memos etc.
Example: MS-Word
◦ Spread Sheet Applications: Used to do budgets, sales
projections and financial plans. Example: MS-Excel
◦ Database Applications: Used for organizing large amount
of information. Example: MS-Access
◦ Desktop Publishing (DTP): Used to mix texts and graphics,
including photos to produce a high quality printed output
used for Journal issuing. Example: Adobe Photoshop.

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Application Software
◦ Presentation Application: Used for producing
pictures, advertisements, and manuals. Example:
MS-PowerPoint
◦ Web Browsing application : Used for displaying Web
pages from the Internet. Examples: Internet
Explorer, Google Chrome
◦ E-Mail Software: Used to send messages and
attachments to one or more users at same time and
forward it to other users. Example: Outlook Express
and Microsoft Outlook.
◦ Computer Games: Played on personal computers

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