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SOFTWARE
TWO TYPES
APPLICATION SOFTWARE
SYSTEM SOFTWARE
APPLICATION SOFTWARE
Open source
Off the shelf
Bespoke
Word processing
Spreadsheets
Databases
Presentation
Video editing
Image creations
OPEN SOURCE
Usually free
Alter source code
Difficult for new users
Upgrades yourself
OFF THE SHELF
Buy it
Graphical user interface (GUI)
Help desks
User guides
Forums
May not do everything you want it to do
BESPOKE
Ask for something to be made
Charge you to get help
SYSTEM SOFTWARE
Operating system
Utility systems
OPERATING SYSTEM
Allows applications software to communicate with the hardware
Graphical user interface (GUI)
Command line
GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACEGUI is a type of interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices through graphical icons and visual indicators such as secondary notation, as opposed to text-based interfaces, typed command labels or text navigation.
COMMAND LINE INTERFACECLI is a user interface to a computer's operating system or an application in which the user responds to a visual prompt by typing in a command on a specified line, receives a response back from the system, and then enters another command, and so forth.
UTILITY SYSTEM
Utility software is system software designed to help analyse, configure, optimize or maintain a computer.
Disk defragmentation
Anti-virus
Compression
Zipping
Firewalls