Software And Hardware Types. System software Programming software and Application software. Software is basically a set of instructions written in computer code that tells the hardware what to do _ Without software most hardware would be useless.
Examples of hardware in a computer are the Processor Memory Devices Monitor Printer Keyboard Mouse and the Central Processing Unit. Software can be categorized into two types System software. The main body of a computer is the system unit.
This type of software controls particular hardware which is essentially attached to the system.
Software can be categorized into two types System software. The main body of a computer is the system unit. For example a program that is designed for the Windows operating system will only work for that specific. Software commonly known as programs or apps consists of all the instructions that tell the hardware how to perform a taskThese instructions come from a software developer in the form that will be accepted by the platform operating system CPU that they are based on.