Chapter:-3

Computer Software

  1. Answer the following questions:
  2. What is software? What are the two categories of software?

Ans:- A collection of programs design to control the operations of a computer and its devices is called software. It tells hardware what to do and how to do.

                     The two categories are:

  1. System software
  2. Application software

 

             

         

  1. Define system software. Write down the functions of system software in a computer system.

Ans:- A set of one or more programs designed to control the operations of a computer and its devices.

         Its functions are…

  1. It controls the operations like reading data from input devices.
  2. It transmits information to output devices.
  • It checks the components of a computer.