Software and its types and its advantages and disadvantages
16,270 views
15 slides
Sep 13, 2017
Slide 1 of 15
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
About This Presentation
Software and its types and its advantages and disadvantages
Size: 265.41 KB
Language: en
Added: Sep 13, 2017
Slides: 15 pages
Slide Content
Software &its types and Advantages and Disadvantages SUBMITTED TO:- DEEPIKA SHARMA BY:-YOUSAF SAHOTA ROLL NO:-151076221367 College:- Chandigarh University Branch:-C.S.E Date:-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