in this module you will learn about different types of computer software do you know how to interact with a computer a logical set of instructions given to the computer is known as a program this helps to interact with the computer to perform a particular task a group of program s are bundled based on the utility for the user which directs the processor to perform some specific operations computer software can be classified into two types application software and system software first let us discuss system software system software is a set of instructions needed for a computer to work system software helps run the computer hardware such as CPU Mouse printer Etc the programs that are a part of the system software are assemblers compilers file management tools system utilities and debuggers an example of system software is an operating system such as Microsoft Windows Linux Mac Etc let us study in detail about system software which is actually an operating system operating system is a program that allows different applications and various pieces of Hardware such as monitor Mouse printer keyboard Etc to communicate with each other do you know any other operating systems the various operating systems available are MS DOS Unix Etc the other operating systems available are Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows 2000 there are also Windows me Windows NT Windows XP and Windows Wier and the most recent operating systems which many of us are using now are Windows 7 and Windows 8 do you know that our cell phones also run on operating systems the operating systems used to run smartphones are iOS Android Windows Etc let us now study about the second part of computer software which is the application software application software are used by users to run specific applications according to their need for example we use computers to develop animations forecast weather digital mixing ET Etc it is possible because of the various applications that are developed using application software one of the examples of application software is Microsoft Office Suite can you name any of the applications which are a part of the MS office suite MS Office consists of various applications such as word excel PowerPoint Etc these are used to create documents spreadsheets presentations Etc can you name some internet browsers Chrome Mozilla Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Etc are different browsers used to access the internet notepad and wordpad are two other examples of application software used for creating and editing documents Windows Photo Gallery Adobe Photoshop are some other examples of application software they are used to view and edit images you have now reached the end of this module in this module you learned that there are two types of computer software application software and system software system software are a set of instructions needed for a computer to work an operating system is a program which allows applications and various pieces of Hardware such as monitor Mouse printer motherboard Etc to Comm communicate MS DOS Unix Windows 95 Windows XP Windows WIA Windows 7 Windows 8 Etc are a few examples of operating systems some of the operating systems that run smartphones are iOS Android windows Windows Etc application software are used by users to run specific applications according to their need MS Office Adobe Photoshop Etc are some of the examples of application software