types of software computer software is a set of instruction that guides the computer hardware and tell the hardware what to do when to do and how to do a task software gives life to the computer without software the computer is a dead machine computer software is divided into application software and system software application software application software are programs that help the user perform specific tasks word processing software like m s word word pad and notepad are used to create documents such as letters reports etc database software like oracle m s access r to store data and perform some operations on the data spreadsheet software like microsoft excel are used to organize data in rows and columns perform calculations and present data in charts and graphs presentation software like microsoft powerpoint is used to display information in the form of slides internet browsers like google chrome firefox and safari are used to access the internet system software system software is a set of program that controls the computer hardware the system software is the platform for running the application software system software are operating system and utility software operating system operating system is a software that acts as an interface between the user and the computer system operating systems for desktop and laptop computer are microsoft windows linux mac os microsoft windows is a very popular operating system created by microsoft the founder of microsoft is bill gates there are different versions of microsoft windows mac os is an operating system created by apple the founder of apple is steve jobs and steve wayzniak mac os can run on all macintosh computers linux is a free operating system that can be downloaded from the internet it was developed by linus torvalds operating systems for mobile devices are android and apple ios android is the most common mobile operating system used for mobile phone and tablets ios is used on iphone and ipad utility software utility software is a software used to analyze configure optimize and maintain the computer example of utility software are anti-virus software backup software disk compression tool file manager now let's see the summary of what we have learnt computer software is a set of instruction that guides the computer hardware computer software is divided into application software and system software application software are programs that help the user perform specific tasks system software is a set of program that controls the computer hardware system software provides the platform for running the application software system software are divided into operating system software and utility software question time drop the following in the correct circle you have 15 seconds to [Music] complete [Music] [Music] [Music] every week you will be notified by a new video so don't forget to subscribe and click the notification bell thank you for watching make it easy education