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COMP REPORT NOTES

The document provides an overview of software, distinguishing between application software and system software, and highlights the importance of operating systems in managing computer resources. It discusses the evolution of software from early hardware-specific programs to modern downloadable applications, as well as the most common operating systems for personal computers, including Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux. Additionally, it notes the prevalence of mobile operating systems like Google Android and Apple iOS.

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COMP REPORT NOTES

The document provides an overview of software, distinguishing between application software and system software, and highlights the importance of operating systems in managing computer resources. It discusses the evolution of software from early hardware-specific programs to modern downloadable applications, as well as the most common operating systems for personal computers, including Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux. Additionally, it notes the prevalence of mobile operating systems like Google Android and Apple iOS.

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Software Application Software

- It’s a general term for the various - Comprises programs designed


kinds of programs used to for an end user, such as word
operate computers and its related processors, database systems,
devices and spreadsheet programs
- It is a set of instructions, data, or - It is a software that fulfills a
programs used to operate specific need or perform tasks for
computers and execute specific a user, or in some cases, for
tasks another application
- A generic term used to refer to - Makes computer popular and
applications, scripts, and easy to use
programs that run on a device. - Examples: Microsoft Word,
Powerpoint, Photoshop, etc.
Short History
- Early software was written for Operating System
specific computers and sold with - Is a set of software that controls
the hardware it ran on. and manages hardware and
- In the 1980s, software began to basic system operations for a
be sold on floppy disks, and later computer
on CDs and DVDs. - It loads programs into the
- Today, most software is computer’s memory, runs these
purchased and directly programs, manages peripherals
downloaded over the internet. like disks and printers

Software is commonly classified as  The operating system is the


follows: most important software that
 System Software runs on a computer. It
 Application Software manages the computer’s
memory and processes as
System Software well as operate the software
- Refers to the operating system and hardware.
and all utility programs that
manage computer resources at a  It allows users to
low level communicate with the
- It includes compilers, loaders, computer without knowing
linkers, and debuggers how to speak the computer’s
- It is designed to run a computer’s language
hardware and provides a platform
for applications to run on top of  As most of the time there are
- Examples: Linux, Windows, several programs running in a
MAC, DOS computer that needs access
to your CPU, memory and
storage, the operating system
coordinates all of these to macOS
make sure each program gets - Previously called OS X, is a line
what it needs. of operating systems created by
Apple.
 Without an operating - It comes preloaded in Macintosh
system, a computer is or Mac computers and it has
useless. multiple versions since release.
- Not as popular as Windows (with
Types of Operating System: only 10% of users globally) since
Operating systems usually come pre- it’s generally more expensive.
loaded with the computer you buy, thus
most people use the operating system Linux
that comes with their computer. - Is a family of open-source
operating systems, which means
Although it’s possible to upgrade or they can be modified and
even change operating systems. distributed by anyone around the
world, unlike Windows and
Modern operating systems use a macOS which can only be
graphical user interface, or a GUI modified by its company
(pronounced as gooey) that allows producers
users to interact with the computer using - It’s advantages is that it is free
a mouse, to click icons, buttons, and and there are multiple
menus, with everything displayed on the distributions— or versions— that
screen using a combination of graphics you can choose from
and text. - There are less than 2% of Linux
- It is designed as easy to use, users globally but most servers
even when you switch to another tend to run Linux as it is easy to
operating system. customize.

There are three most common For mobile devices, there’s the Google
operating systems for personal Android and Apple iOS operating
computers: systems.
 Microsoft Windows
 macOS
 Linux

Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft created Windows in the
mid-1980s and there has been
multiple versions ever since.
- It comes pre-loaded with new
PCs, making it the most popular
operating system in the world.

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