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Computer Software by Visitobilive(op): 11:52pm On Jan 26, 2021
You hear and use the word software or computer software, who invented software? Why computer software?
Alan turing was credited to be the first person to come up with the theory of software in 1935.

Softwares were created for translator of programs to meet the needs of early programmers where by converting translated programs into what computer can understand.

Computer software are program of instructions that controls the computer operations or process data.
There are two types of computer software
1. System software
2. Application software

1. System softwares are first installed on a computer system which aids the proper running of application softwares. Eg Operating system, Language Translator, utilities

2. Application softwares this are software that are used to perform general and specific tasks on the computer system. Eg. Word processing package, Graphic package, Database Package etc.

Information saved on an optical disk (CD and DVD) is called software or hardware?

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