Software is the 

instruction that tell a computer what to do. Software comprises the entire set
of programs, procedures, and routines associated with the operation of a computer system

System software is software designed to provide a platform for other software.

Software that performs specific tasks for an end-user is a application software

The user interface (UI) is the point at which human users interact with a computer, website
or application

There are five main types of user interface:

 command line (cli)
 graphical user interface (GUI)
 menu driven (mdi)
 form based (fbi)
 natural language (nli)