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1. Identify the three main types of computer software that were discussed in your unit lesson.
Within the three main categories, give examples of each and a brief explanation of each. Each
explanation/description category must be answered with at least 100 words. You must cite your
sources within your answers.
MAIN TYPES OF
COMPUTER
SOFTWARE
System software
Programming languages
EXAMPLES
EXPLANATION/DESCRIPTION
Examples of
system software
include;
firmware,
programming
language,
operating system
and device
drivers.
System software, also known as the
operating system refers to a computer system
that is used in a computer to control the
information that is taken into the computer
and translate the input information into
languages that are recognizable by the
computer. Fundamentally, operating systems
coordinates a variety of hardware
components of a computer. There are
different types of operating systems present
in the market with the most popular one
coming from Microsoft. Microsoft developed
Windows but later migrated to Vista which is
the present market offer. Besides the
Windows software developed by Microsoft,
other companies use other operating systems
such as UNIX, XENIX and AIX (Hansen,
2001).
Examples of
programming
languages include
java, JavaScript,
C++, and python.
Programming languages are official set of
languages with instructions used in
producing different kinds of output. Under
most circumstances, programming languages
are critical in the creation of different
programs used in the implementation of
explicit algorithms. A majority of computer
languages contains different instructions
needed to operate different types of
computers. While other computers are
limited to different specific instructions since
they are programmable, others use the
general programming language because they
fall under the category of modern computers.
Programming languages are create...