Software is a set of
instruction written to
interface between man and
machine.
Who writes these
instructions?
Programmers write these
instructions.
How the programmers write
the instructions /software?
They use computer languages
to write software
applications.
Software can be divided into
three main categories:
Languages
Applications
Operating Systems (OS)
LANGUAGE:
It is one of the software
type, use to write extensive
applications and operating
systems It did not contains
any limitations in
programming. By using the
languages you can write any
thing for a computer.
For instance just imagine a
language like a piece of
cloth with that you want to
make a shirt or paint
curtain for windows or door,
than you will take that
cloth to the tailor and have
him made for you or if you
know tailoring you can
stitch it at home.
Where as: Cloth is Computer
Language
Tailor is Computer
programmer
Shirt/Paint is Computer
application
Examples of languages are:
C
C++
Fortran
Cobol
Pascal
Perl
Assembly Language
Machine Language
Java
