Differentiation about system and application software

Software is a set of instructions data or programmes used to operate computers and execute tasks. Software is often divided into application software and system software.

Application software


Application software is a program  or group of programms designed for users.While system software  consists of low level  programs that interact with computers at a basic level, application software resides above system software and includes application such as database programs ,word processors and spreadsheets.







System software



System software is a type of computer program that is designed to run a computer’s hardware and application programs. If we think of the computer system as a layered model, the system software is the interface between the hardware and user applications.




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