Sometimes abbreviated as SW and S/W, software is a collection of instructions that enable the user to interact with a computer, its hardware, or perform tasks. Without software, computers would be useless. For example, without your Internet browser, you could not surf the Internet or read this page and without an operating system, the browser could not run on your computer. The picture to the right shows a Microsoft Excel box, an example of a spreadsheet software program.
Examples and types of software
Below is a list of the different kinds of software a computer may have installed with examples of related programs.Click any of the links below for additional information.
How do you get software?
Software can be purchased at a retail computer store or online and come in a box containing all the disks (DVD,CD,FLOPPY DISKETTE or Blu-ray), manuals, warranty, and other documentation.
Software can also be (downloaded to a computer over the Internet). Once downloaded, setup files are run to start the installation process on your computer.
How do you use computer software?
Once the software has been installed on to your computer hard drive, the program can be used anytime by finding the program on the computer. On a Windows computer, a program icon is added to the Start Menu or Start Screen, depending on your version of Windows.
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