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System software guides the hardware and includes operating systems like Windows, Mac OS, and UNIX. Application software helps users perform tasks and includes word processing, spreadsheet, database management, and graphic software. A computer system has hardware, software, and peopleware components. Hardware is the physical equipment, software are the instructions that operate the hardware, and peopleware refers to the users of the system.

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SOFTWARE

System software guides the hardware and includes operating systems like Windows, Mac OS, and UNIX. Application software helps users perform tasks and includes word processing, spreadsheet, database management, and graphic software. A computer system has hardware, software, and peopleware components. Hardware is the physical equipment, software are the instructions that operate the hardware, and peopleware refers to the users of the system.

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SOFTWARE

Understanding Computer System


SOFTWARE
• Software is the set of
instructions (also called a
program) that guides the
hardware to operate
effectively.
Software can be split into two
main types:
• System Software
• Application Software
A. System Software
• Any software required to support the
production or execution of application
programs, but which is not specific to
any particular application. Common
operating systems include Windows,
the Macintosh OS, OS/2 and UNIX.
System Software
B. Application Software
•Designed to help the user to
perform singular or multiple
related tasks.
Examples of application software are as
follows:
a) WORD PROCESSING
SOFTWARE
• Creates, edits,
saves, and
prints
documents.
Examples of application software are as
follows:
b) SPREADSHEET
SOFTWARE
• An electronic
spreadsheet
consisting of rows
and columns is
used to present
and analyze data
Examples of application software are as
follows:
c) DATABASE MANAGEMENT
SOFTWARE
• Used to structure a
database, a large
collection of
computer programs.
Data is organized as
fields and records for
easy retrieval.
Examples of application software are as
follows:

d) GRAPHIC SOFTWARE
• Graphics programs
display results of
data manipulation
for easier analysis
and presentation
People ware
• Refers to people involved in the data
processing operations such as the
system administrator, office workers,
students and others
COMPUTER SYSTEM
Different components of the computer
system:

• HARDWARE
• SOFTWARE
• PEOPLEWARE
Each component plays an
important role, without
each other computer
systems will not work
properly.

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