Difference between Application Software and System Software

Computers are everywhere:at work,at school, and at home. What is the application software? Application software consist of programs designed to make users more productive.Application software has a variety of uses:

* To make business activities more
efficient.
* To assist with grsphics and multimedi
projects.
* To support home, personal,and educational
tasks.
* To facilicate communication.

What is the system software? System software consists of the programs that control or maintain the operations of the computer and its devices. System software serves as the interface between the user,the application software, and the computer's hadrwaree. Two types of system software are operating system and utility programs.

The four major categories of popular application software are Business,graphics and Multimedia,Home/Personal/Educational,and Communications. Communications software often is bundled with other application or system software. There are many used utility programs. Such as antivirus,file compression,personal firewall,backup,and etc.

To use application software,such as a word processing program,our computer must be running system software - specifically,an operating system. Three popular personal computer operating systems are Windows XP, Linux,and Mac OS X.