22-06-2012, 11:41 AM
SEMINAR REPORT ON SOFTWARE
INTRODUCTION
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 host machine (hardware) in order to realise some desired function.
The computer consists of hardware and software and the software drives the hardware. That means without the software the computer can do nothing.
The process of software development is called programming.
To do programming the programmer should have detailed knowledge of the problem to be solved, the corresponding algorithm and the particular programming language to solve a problem or develop software.
SOFTWARE
A sequence of instructions written in a language that can be understood by a computer is called a computer program, the program is called SOFTWARE.
A computer without software is like a body without life.
A computer is an extremely fast, accurately calculating machine that takes data as input and processes them according to a set of instructions to produce the desired result as output.
When a stored software program is executed, the following things happen:
1) Data get into the computer’s memory from an input device like keyboard or secondary storage device such as floppy diskette or hard disk.
2)The data given as input is processed according to the program.
3)Output information is produced on the VDU (i.e. softcopy) or printed on to a sheet of paper (i.e. hard copy)
Relationship Between Hardware & Software
Both hardware & software are necessary for a computer to computer to do useful job. Both are complementary to each other.
Same hardware can be loaded with different software to make a computer perform different types of jobs just as different songs can be played using the same cassette player.
INTRODUCTION
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 host machine (hardware) in order to realise some desired function.
The computer consists of hardware and software and the software drives the hardware. That means without the software the computer can do nothing.
The process of software development is called programming.
To do programming the programmer should have detailed knowledge of the problem to be solved, the corresponding algorithm and the particular programming language to solve a problem or develop software.
SOFTWARE
A sequence of instructions written in a language that can be understood by a computer is called a computer program, the program is called SOFTWARE.
A computer without software is like a body without life.
A computer is an extremely fast, accurately calculating machine that takes data as input and processes them according to a set of instructions to produce the desired result as output.
When a stored software program is executed, the following things happen:
1) Data get into the computer’s memory from an input device like keyboard or secondary storage device such as floppy diskette or hard disk.
2)The data given as input is processed according to the program.
3)Output information is produced on the VDU (i.e. softcopy) or printed on to a sheet of paper (i.e. hard copy)
Relationship Between Hardware & Software
Both hardware & software are necessary for a computer to computer to do useful job. Both are complementary to each other.
Same hardware can be loaded with different software to make a computer perform different types of jobs just as different songs can be played using the same cassette player.