Categories of software
Stephen Hargitay, Tim Dixon · Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks · 1991
Software is a vital part of a computer system because it provides the series of programmed instructions which direct the computer to carry out its tasks. Today good software is easy to use and requires little or no programming knowledge, though this was not always the case—until comparatively recently users had to have knowledge of a computer language such as Basic for them to utilize a computer’s power. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.