software Flashcards
what is the dofonition of hardware
physical component that make up a computer system e.g monitor processor, ram mother board
what are the 2 main types of sofware
system software and alplication software
what are the 3 main typed of system software
operating system,utiliities software and userinterface
what is the opertaing systen
A operating system controls and manages the computers hardware and user requests
what does utility software do
help with the running and maintinance of the computer
what is the user interface
how the user interacts with the device
what is application software
the type of software that you use to do work or have fun e.g word processing software or game applications
what carries carries out intructions for software
the CPU (central processing unit)
what does a single purpuse computer mean
they are only able to run one piece of software (for example, the software used to control a microwave)
what does general prupise computer mean
which means that they are able to carry out a range of tasks (for example, the software used in a tablet
computer).
what is the defonition of system software
Programming instructions that tell allpication sofwatre what to do
what is the defonition of appliications software
Differnt aplications that are on the operating system
