Objectives of this chapter:

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Chapter # 2 Software
Identify the types of system software

Describe the functions of an operating

system
(pgs. 46 - 53)
Objectives of this chapter:
At thethe
Identify end of ofthis
types lesson
operating students
system will be able to:
• about software applications (apps), including office-
productivity tools, web authoring, image and sound editing,
Identify utility programs
presentation software, control software,
• that the purpose of communication software is to provide
Explain the purpose of the utilities
remote access to systems and to exchange files and messages
program
in text, images, audio and/or video formats between different
computers or users.
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Lesson Summary:
Software is a set of instructions to perform a desired
and useful work, by which the operations of the
computer for the computations and processing are
controlled.
The term software system can be defined as the
system software and application software that must
be added to a hardware in order to realize some
desired function.
The term software refers to a collection of
programs.
 Activity 3: What do we know? (Software)

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